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Chapter 7 Wireless Table 37 Configuration > Wireless > AP Management (continued) LABEL DESCRIPTION Radio 2 OP Mode This displays if the NWA/WAC has a second radio. Select the operating mode for radio 2. AP Mode means the radio can receive connections from wireless clients and pass their data traffic through to the NWA/WAC to be managed (or subsequently passed on to an upstream gateway for managing). MON Mode means the radio monitors the broadcast area for other APs, then passes their information on to the NWA/WAC where it can be determined if those APs are friendly or rogue. If a radio is set to this mode it cannot receive connections from wireless clients. Root AP means the radio acts as an AP and also supports the wireless connections with other APs (in repeater mode) to form a WDS to extend its wireless network. Radio 2 Profile Repeater means the radio can establish a wireless connection with other APs (in either root AP or repeater mode) to form a WDS. This displays if the NWA/WAC has a second radio. Select the radio profile the radio uses. Radio 2 WDS Profile Uplink Selection Mode Max Output Power Note: You can only apply a 5G AP radio profile to radio 2. Otherwise, the second radio will not be working. This field is available only when the radio is in Root AP or Repeater mode. Select the WDS profile the radio uses to connect to a root AP or repeater. This field is available only when the radio is in Repeater mode. Select AUTO to have the NWA/WAC automatically use the settings in the applied WDS profile to connect to a root AP or repeater. Select Manual to have the NWA/WAC connect to the root AP or repeater with tbe MAC address specified in the Radio 2 Uplink MAC Address field. Enter the maximum output power (between 0 to 30 dBm) of the NWA/WAC in this field. If there is a high density of APs in an area, decrease the output power of the NWA/WAC to reduce interference with other APs. MBSSID Settings Edit # SSID Profile Apply Reset Note: Reducing the output power also reduces the NWA/WAC's effective broadcast radius. Double-click an entry or select it and click Edit to open a screen where you can modify the entry's settings. In some tables you can just click a table entry and edit it directly in the table. For those types of tables small red triangles display for table entries with changes that you have not yet applied. This field shows the index number of the SSID This field shows the SSID profile that is associated with the radio profile. Click Apply to save your changes back to the NWA/WAC. Click Reset to return the screen to its last-saved settings. 7.3 Rogue AP Use this screen to assign APs either to the rogue AP list or the friendly AP list. A rogue AP is a wireless access point operating in a network's coverage area that is not under the control of the network administrator, and which can potentially open up holes in a network's security. Click Configuration > Wireless > Rogue AP to access this screen. NWA / WAC Series User's Guide 88

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Chapter 7 Wireless
NWA / WAC Series User’s Guide
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7.3
Rogue AP
Use this screen to assign APs either to the rogue AP list or the friendly AP list. A rogue AP is a wireless
access point operating in a network’s coverage area that is not under the control of the network
administrator, and which can potentially open up holes in a network’s security.
Click
Configuration > Wireless > Rogue AP
to access this screen.
Radio 2 OP Mode
This displays if the NWA/WAC has a second radio. Select the operating mode for radio 2.
AP Mode
means the radio can receive connections from wireless clients and pass their data
traffic through to the NWA/WAC to be managed (or subsequently passed on to an
upstream gateway for managing).
MON Mode
means the radio monitors the broadcast area for other APs, then passes their
information on to the NWA/WAC where it can be determined if those APs are friendly or
rogue. If a radio is set to this mode it cannot receive connections from wireless clients.
Root AP
means the radio acts as an AP and also supports the wireless connections with
other APs (in repeater mode) to form a WDS to extend its wireless network.
Repeater
means the radio can establish a wireless connection with other APs (in either root
AP or repeater mode) to form a WDS.
Radio 2 Profile
This displays if the NWA/WAC has a second radio. Select the radio profile the radio uses.
Note: You can only apply a 5G AP radio profile to radio 2. Otherwise, the second
radio will not be working.
Radio 2 WDS Profile
This field is available only when the radio is in
Root AP
or
Repeater
mode.
Select the WDS profile the radio uses to connect to a root AP or repeater.
Uplink Selection
Mode
This field is available only when the radio is in
Repeater
mode.
Select
AUTO
to have the NWA/WAC automatically use the settings in the applied WDS
profile to connect to a root AP or repeater.
Select
Manual
to have the NWA/WAC connect to the root AP or repeater with tbe MAC
address specified in the
Radio 2 Uplink MAC Address
field.
Max Output Power
Enter the maximum output power (between 0 to 30 dBm) of the NWA/WAC in this field. If
there is a high density of APs in an area, decrease the output power of the NWA/WAC to
reduce interference with other APs.
Note: Reducing the output power also reduces the NWA/WAC’s effective
broadcast radius.
MBSSID Settings
Edit
Double-click an entry or select it and click
Edit
to open a screen where you can modify the
entry’s settings. In some tables you can just click a table entry and edit it directly in the
table. For those types of tables small red triangles display for table entries with changes that
you have not yet applied.
#
This field shows the index number of the SSID
SSID Profile
This field shows the SSID profile that is associated with the radio profile.
Apply
Click
Apply
to save your changes back to the NWA/WAC.
Reset
Click
Reset
to return the screen to its last-saved settings.
Table 37
Configuration > Wireless > AP Management (continued)
LABEL
DESCRIPTION