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5400zl Switches Installation and Getting Started Guide Management and Configuration Guide for the HP V-M200 802.11n Access Point HP V-M200 802.11n Access Point Management and Configuration Guide
HP V-M200 802.11n Access Point Management and Configuration Guide
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iii Contents 1Introduction About this guide ........................................................................................................... 1-2 Conventions ........................................................................................................... 1-2 Management tool ............................................................................................ 1-2 Warnings and cautions ................................................................................... 1-2 Introducing the HP V-M200 802.11n Access Point ................................................... 1-3 Sample deployments ............................................................................................. 1-3 Key features............................................................................................................ 1-5 Safety information........................................................................................................ 1-5 Important information to read before installing................................................ 1-5 Servicing ................................................................................................................. 1-6 HP Networking support............................................................................................... 1-6 Before contacting support.................................................................................... 1-6 Getting started .............................................................................................................. 1-7 Online documentation ................................................................................................. 1-7 2 Using Quick Setup Overview.......................................................................................................................2-2 Automatically running Quick Setup the first time you login ........................... 2-2 Manually running Quick Setup after your first login ........................................ 2-3 Basic wireless network ............................................................................................... 2-3 Step 1: Specify wireless network settings .......................................................... 2-4 Step 2: Specify wireless network settings .......................................................... 2-5 Identify the wireless network........................................................................ 2-5 Secure the wireless network ......................................................................... 2-5 Multiple wireless networks ......................................................................................... 2-7 Step 1: Specify wireless network settings .......................................................... 2-8 Step 2: Specify wireless network settings .......................................................... 2-9 Buttons ............................................................................................................. 2-9 Wireless community table.............................................................................. 2-9
iv Wireless community settings ......................................................................... 2-9 Identify the wireless network...................................................................... 2-10 Secure the wireless network ....................................................................... 2-10 Prioritize wireless network traffic .............................................................. 2-11 Multiple wireless networks with wired VLANS...................................................... 2-12 Step 1: Specify wireless network settings ........................................................ 2-14 Step 2: Specify wireless network settings ........................................................ 2-14 Buttons ........................................................................................................... 2-14 Wireless community table............................................................................ 2-14 Wireless community settings ....................................................................... 2-15 Identify the wireless network...................................................................... 2-15 Secure the wireless network ....................................................................... 2-15 Prioritize wireless network traffic .............................................................. 2-17 Map wireless network to a VLAN ............................................................... 2-17 Multiple wireless networks with RADIUS authentication .................................... 2-18 Global settings page ................................................................................................... 2-20 Step 1: Configure access point settings ............................................................ 2-21 Configure the radio ....................................................................................... 2-21 Get an IP address .......................................................................................... 2-22 Change administrator login credentials ..................................................... 2-22 Step 2: Specify wireless network settings ........................................................ 2-23 Buttons ........................................................................................................... 2-23 Wireless community table............................................................................ 2-23 Wireless community settings ....................................................................... 2-24 Identify the wireless network...................................................................... 2-24 Secure the wireless network ....................................................................... 2-24 Prioritize wireless network traffic .............................................................. 2-27 Map wireless network to a VLAN ............................................................... 2-28 3 Managing the V-M200 Management tool .......................................................................................................... 3-2 Customizing management tool settings .............................................................. 3-2 About the manager and operator accounts ................................................. 3-2 Passwords ........................................................................................................ 3-3
v SNMP ............................................................................................................................. 3-4 Configuring the SNMP agent ................................................................................ 3-4 System time................................................................................................................... 3-4 Configuring the system time ................................................................................ 3-5 Set timezone .................................................................................................... 3-5 Set date & time (manually) ............................................................................ 3-5 Set date and time (time servers) ................................................................... 3-6 Time server protocol ...................................................................................... 3-6 Country .......................................................................................................................... 3-6 4 Working with wireless communities Overview.......................................................................................................................4-2 Managing wireless communities ................................................................................ 4-3 About the default wireless community ............................................................... 4-3 Wireless community configuration options .............................................................. 4-4 General.................................................................................................................... 4-5 Wireless settings .................................................................................................... 4-5 Ethernet VLAN ....................................................................................................... 4-7 Wireless protection................................................................................................ 4-7 WPA .................................................................................................................. 4-7 802.1X ............................................................................................................. 4-10 WEP ................................................................................................................ 4-12 MAC-based authentication ................................................................................. 4-12 MAC filtering........................................................................................................ 4-14 Wireless community data flow ................................................................................. 4-15 Quality of service (QoS) ............................................................................................ 4-15 Upstream/downstream traffic marking ............................................................ 4-17 Upstream traffic marking............................................................................. 4-17 Downstream traffic marking ....................................................................... 4-17 5 Wireless configuration Wireless coverage......................................................................................................... 5-2 Factors limiting wireless coverage...................................................................... 5-2 Interference ..................................................................................................... 5-2
vi Physical characteristics of the location ....................................................... 5-2 Configuring overlapping wireless cells............................................................... 5-3 Performance degradation and channel separation..................................... 5-3 Selecting channels .......................................................................................... 5-4 802.11n best practices.................................................................................................. 5-7 Supporting legacy wireless clients ...................................................................... 5-7 Available 802.11n modes ................................................................................ 5-8 802.11n (5 GHz) and 802.11n (2.4 GHz)........................................................ 5-8 802.11n/a, 802.11n/b/g ..................................................................................... 5-9 802.11n/g .......................................................................................................... 5-9 Channel width ........................................................................................................ 5-9 Radio configuration ................................................................................................... 5-10 Radio ..................................................................................................................... 5-10 Regulatory domain .............................................................................................. 5-10 Operating mode ................................................................................................... 5-11 Wireless mode...................................................................................................... 5-11 Channel width ...................................................................................................... 5-12 Channel ................................................................................................................. 5-12 Detecting rogue APs .................................................................................................. 5-13 Scanning modes ................................................................................................... 5-13 Viewing scan results ............................................................................................ 5-14 Scanning for rogue APs ...................................................................................... 5-15 Creating a list of authorized access points....................................................... 5-15 Viewing wireless information ................................................................................... 5-16 Viewing all connected wireless clients ............................................................. 5-16 Viewing wireless statistics for the radio ........................................................... 5-18 Viewing throughput for wireless clients ........................................................... 5-22 6 Configuring network settings and VLANs Assigning an IP address to the V-M200 ...................................................................... 6-2 Automatically assigning an IP address (default method)................................. 6-2 Manually assigning an IP address........................................................................ 6-2 Ethernet port link settings .......................................................................................... 6-4 Working with VLANs.................................................................................................... 6-4 VLAN assignment via wireless community ........................................................ 6-5
vii VLAN assignment via RADIUS............................................................................. 6-5 Example ........................................................................................................... 6-6 Bridging traffic between wireless communities with VLANs .......................... 6-6 Discovery protocols ..................................................................................................... 6-7 CDP ......................................................................................................................... 6-7 LLDP........................................................................................................................ 6-7 SNMP support ................................................................................................. 6-8 Supported LLDP TLVs .................................................................................... 6-8 LLDP default settings ..................................................................................... 6-8 Configuring LLDP support on the V-M200 ................................................... 6-9 Bridge spanning tree protocol .................................................................................... 6-9 DNS server configuration.......................................................................................... 6-10 DNS servers................................................................................................... 6-11 DNS advanced settings................................................................................. 6-11 7 Authentication services Using a third-party RADIUS server ............................................................................ 7-2 Defining a RADIUS client profile on the V-M200 ............................................... 7-2 To define a RADIUS profile ........................................................................... 7-2 Configuration settings .................................................................................... 7-3 Configuring user accounts on a RADIUS server ............................................... 7-5 Access Request attributes.............................................................................. 7-5 Access Accept attributes ............................................................................... 7-7 Access Reject .................................................................................................. 7-8 Access Challenge attributes .......................................................................... 7-8 Accounting Request attributes ...................................................................... 7-9 Global 802.1X settings ............................................................................................... 7-11 Supplicant timeout .............................................................................................. 7-11 Group key update ................................................................................................ 7-11 Reauthentication ................................................................................................. 7-12 8 Creating WDS links Key concepts................................................................................................................. 8-2 Configuration considerations .............................................................................. 8-2
viii Simultaneous access point and WDS support ................................................... 8-3 Using the 5 GHz band for WDS links .................................................................. 8-3 Quality of service ................................................................................................... 8-3 Priority mechanisms....................................................................................... 8-4 Spanning-tree protocol ......................................................................................... 8-5 Discovery protocols .............................................................................................. 8-5 Configuration considerations .............................................................................. 8-5 WDS configuration settings ........................................................................................ 8-6 Settings ................................................................................................................... 8-6 Security ................................................................................................................... 8-7 Addressing .............................................................................................................. 8-7 Sample WDS deployment ............................................................................................ 8-7 A. Obtain the MAC address of V-M200 #2 .................................................... 8-8 B. Setup the WDS link on V-M200 #1 ............................................................ 8-8 C. Setup the WDS link on V-M200 #2 ............................................................ 8-9 D. Test the link and make performance adjustments............................... 8-10 9 Maintenance Config file management............................................................................................... 9-2 Backup configuration............................................................................................ 9-2 Restore configuration ........................................................................................... 9-2 Reset configuration ............................................................................................... 9-3 Software updates.......................................................................................................... 9-3 A Regulatory statements Industry Canada statement ................................................................................. A-2 Conformité Européene — CE marking.............................................................. A-2 B Resetting to factory defaults Factory reset procedures ........................................................................................... B-2 Using the reset button.......................................................................................... B-2 Using the management tool................................................................................. B-2