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Fast Roaming

With this option enabled, 11k/v capable clients can have improved fast

roaming experience when moving among different APs.

Dual Band 11k Report

With this feature disabled, the controller provides candidate AP report that

contains the APs in the same band as the clients. With this feature enabled,

the controller provides candidate AP report that contains the APs in both

2.4GHz and 5GHz bands.

Force-disassociation

The controller dynamically monitors the link quality of every associated

client. When the client’s current link quality drops below the predefined

threshold and there are some other APs with better signal, the current AP

issues an 11v roaming suggestion to the client.

With Force-disassociation disabled, the AP only issues a roaming

suggestion, but whether to roam or nor is determined by the client.

With Force-disassociation enabled, the AP not only issues a roaming

suggestion but also disassociates the client after a while. Thus the client

is supported to re-associate to a better AP. This function is recommended

when there are sticky clients that don‘t roam.

3. Click

Apply

.

4.

Select the band frequency

.

5.

Configure the following parameters.

Beacon Interval

Beacons are transmitted periodically by the EAP device to announce the

presence of a wireless network for the clients.

Beacon Interval

value determines

the time interval of the beacons sent by the device.

You can specify a value between 40 and 100ms. The default is 100ms.

DTIM Period

The DTIM (Delivery Traffic Indication Message) is contained in some Beacon

frames. It indicates whether the EAP device has buffered data for client devices.

The

DTIM Period

indicates how often the clients served by this EAP device

should check for buffered data still on the EAP device awaiting pickup.

You can specify the value between 1-255 Beacon Intervals. The default value is 1,

indicating clients check for buffered data on the EAP device at every beacon. An

excessive DTIM interval may reduce the performance of multicast applications,

so we recommend you keep it by default.

RTS Threshold

RTS (Request to Send) can ensure efficient data transmission. When RTS is

activated, the client will send a RTS packet to EAP to inform that it will send data

before it send packets. After receiving the RTS packet, the EAP notices other

clients in the same wireless network to delay their transmitting of data and

informs the requesting client to send data, thus avoiding the conflict of packet.

If the size of packet is larger than the

RTS Threshold

, the RTS mechanism will be

activated.

If you specify a low threshold value, RTS packets are sent more frequently

and help the network recover from interference or collisions that might occur

on a busy network. However, it also consumes more bandwidth and reduces

the throughput of the packet. We recommend you keep it by default. The

recommended and default value is 2347.

Section	Page
1 Quick Start	7
1.1 Determine the Network Topology	8
1.1.1 Management on the local Network	8
1.1.2 Management via Cloud Access	10
1.2 Install Omada Controller Software	11
1.2.1 Installation on Windows Host	11
1.2.2 Installation on Linux Host	11
1.3 Inform the EAPs of the Controller Host's Address	13
1.4 Start and Log In to the Omada Controller	14
1.4.1 Launch Omada Controller	14
1.4.2 Do the Basic Configurations	15
1.4.3 Log In to the Management Interface	18
1.5 Create Sites and Adopt EAPs	18
1.5.1 Create Sites	19
1.5.2 Adopt the EAPs	19
1.6 Monitor and Manage the EAPs	20
2 Monitor and Manage the Network	22
2.1 View the Statistics of the Network	23
2.1.1 View the Client Distribution on SSID	23
2.1.2 Have a Quick Look at EAPs and Clients	23
2.1.3 View Current Usage-Top EAPs	24
2.1.4 View Recent Activities	24
2.2 Monitor the Network with the Map	25
2.2.1 Add a Map	25
2.2.2 Monitor the EAPs on the Map	27
2.3 Monitor and Manage the EAPs	28
2.3.1 Manage the EAPs in Different Status	28
2.3.2 View the Detailed Information of EAPs	29
2.3.3 Manage the EAPs in the Action Column	29
2.4 Monitor and Manage Clients	31
2.4.1 View the Current Information of Clients	31
2.4.2 Manage Clients in the Action Column	31
2.5 View Clients Statistics During the Specified Period	32
2.5.1 Select a Specified Period	32
2.5.2 View the History Information of Clients	32
2.5.3 Manage Clients in the Action Column	33
2.6 Manage the Rogue APs List	33
2.6.1 Manage the Untrusted Rogue APs List	34
2.6.2 Manage the Trusted Rogue APs List	34
2.7 View Past Guest Authorization	35
2.8 View Logs	35
2.9 View Alerts	36
3 Configure the EAPs Globally	37
3.1 Wireless Network	38
3.1.1 Add Wireless Networks	38
3.1.2 Configure Advanced Wireless Parameters	43
3.1.3 Configure Band Steering	45
3.1.4 Configure Mesh	46
3.2 Access Control	50
3.3 Portal Authentication	51
3.3.1 No Authentication	52
3.3.2 Simple Password	56
3.3.3 Local User	60
3.3.4 Voucher	68
3.3.5 SMS	75
3.3.6 Facebook	80
3.3.7 External RADIUS Server	81
3.3.8 External Portal Server	86
3.4 Free Authentication Policy	87
3.5 MAC Filter	88
3.6 Scheduler	90
3.7 QoS	92
3.8 Site Settings	95
3.8.1 LED	95
3.8.2 Device Account	96
3.8.3 Reboot Schedule	96
3.8.4 Log Settings	97
3.8.5 Batch Upgrade	98
3.8.6 SSH	100
3.8.7 Management VLAN	101
4 Omada Cloud Service	102
4.1 Configure the Cloud Access	103
4.1.1 Enable Cloud Access	103
4.1.2 Manage the Cloud Users	103
4.2 Manage the Controller via Omada Cloud	105
4.2.1 Access the controller via Omada Cloud	106
4.2.2 Change your TP-Link ID information	108
5 Configure the EAPs Separately	109
5.1 View the Information of the EAP	110
5.1.1 Overview	110
5.1.2 LAN	110
5.1.3 Radio	111
5.2 View Clients Connecting to the EAP	111
5.2.1 User	111
5.2.2 Guest	112
5.3 View Mesh Information of the EAP	112
5.3.1 Uplinks	112
5.3.2 Downlinks	113
5.4 Configure the EAP	113
5.4.1 Basic Config	113
5.4.2 IP Setting	114
5.4.3 Radio	115
5.4.4 Load Balance	116
5.4.5 WLANs	117
5.4.6 Trunk Settings (Only for EAP330)	117
5.4.7 Rogue AP Detection	118
5.4.8 Local LAN Port Settings (Only for EAP115-Wall and EAP225-Wall)	118
5.4.9 Forget this AP	119
6 Manage the Omada Controller	120
6.1 User Account	121
6.2 General Setting	122
6.2.1 Configure Controller Name	122
6.2.2 Configure Mail Server	122
6.3 History Data Retention	124
6.4 Backup&Restore	125
6.5 Auto Backup	125
6.6 Information About the Software	128
7 Application Example	129
7.1 Basic Configuration	130
7.2 Advanced Settings	130
7.2.1 Monitor the EAPs with Map	130
7.2.2 Configure Portal Authentication	131
7.2.3 Create a SSID for the Employees	133
7.2.4 Configure Scheduler	134
Appendix: Omada App	136
1 Install Omada App on the Mobile Device	137
2 Manage your Network in Standalone Mode	137
3 Manage your Network in Controller Mode	140
3.1 Locally manage your EAPs using the Omada App	140

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