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Altai Technologies Ltd. All rights reserved

Thin-AP&AC200 Quick Configuration Guide

Version 1.0

Date: October, 2014


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Thin-AP&AC200 Quick Configuration GuideVersion_V1.0

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Contents

1. Executive Summary ........................................................................................... 4

2. AP configuration ................................................................................................ 4

2.1. Outline .............................................................................................................. 4

2.2. Collect AP information ................................................................................... 4

2.3. Firmware upgrade .......................................................................................... 5

2.4. IP configuration ............................................................................................... 5

2.5. AP management VLAN configuration ......................................................... 6

2.6. Thin AP configuration ...................................................................................... 6

3. AC Configuration ............................................................................................... 7

3.1. Setup Preparation ........................................................................................... 7

3.2. Management Platform CLI configuration .................................................... 7

3.3. Access Platform CLI configuration ................................................................ 8

3.4. AC web configuration .................................................................................... 9


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1. Executive Summary

This guide is used to describe the configuration step of deploying a new AC in the

project.

This document will include below items:

1)

AP configuration

2)

AC configuration

2. AP configuration

2.1.

Outline1)

Collect AP information

AP model, AP Ethernet MAC address, installed location, planed channel

2)

Firmware upgrade

Path: Administrator – Firmware upgrade (Full Factory Reset)

3)

IP configuration

Path: Configuration – Network – General

4)

AP management VLAN configuration

Path: Configuration – Network – VLAN

5)

Thin AP configuration

Path: Configuration – Thin AP

2.2. Collect AP information

Included: AP model, AP Ethernet MAC address, installed location and planed

channel. Keep all these information in one Excel file is necessary.

Remark: secondary IP address of A8n/A2/C1n series product

By default, we can use two IP to login AP: 192.168.1.222 and

192.168.99.xx .192.168.99.xx is the secondary IP address of AP, which cannot be

changed via web page.

The secondary IP address uses the last byte of the Ethernet MAC address as the

last byte of the IP address.

For example:

Device Ethernet MAC address: 00:19:BE:20:03:6E

Secondary IP Address: 192.168.99.110 (6E (hex) -> 110 (dec))


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The secondary IP shall use IP address from 192.168.99.5 to 192.168.99.254. The

other IP addresses are reserved. If the last byte of the Ethernet MAC address

matches the reserved IP addresses, the device shall follow the following MAC to

IP address mapping.

2.3.

Firmware upgrade

Path: Administrator – Firmware upgradeWhen we upgrade the new AP locally to spec ific firmware version, click “Full

Factory Reset”; if upgrade the AP remotely, then choose “Keep Network Address

Setting only”.

2.4.

IP configuration

Path: Configuration – Network – General


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2.5. AP management VLAN configuration

Path: Configuration – Network – VLAN

The management VLAN is based on the network design, if there is no

management VLAN for the AP network, just keep it as the native VLAN-ID. In

below capture, the AP management VLAN is 52.

2.6. Thin AP configuration

Path: Configuration – Thin AP

In the “Managed Radio” configuration item, we can choose which Radio of AP

will be managed by the AC.

1)

When the AP only use 2.4GHz radio for Wi-Fi access, then just need to

enable thin AP and select Radio0(2.4G) as Managed Radio.

2)

When the AP use 2.4GHz radio and 5GHz radio for Wi-Fi access, then need

to enable thin AP and select Radio0(2.4G) and Radio1(5G) as Managed

Radio.


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3. AC Configuration

3.1. Setup Preparation

When get a new AC, we need to configure interface for the AC via Console

cable first. Some console parameters: Baud_Rate-115200, Console 0 port for AC

Management Platform, Console 1 port for Access Platform, Putty or Xshell can be

the software terminal.

In the sample case, the network configuration as below:

Interface to Internet: 192.168.16.6/30, VLAN_ID: 140

Route: default gateway - 192.168.16.5

3.2. Management Platform CLI configuration

The management platform is based on Linux, for vi editor, press " i " command

enter editing mode, after modify, press " Esc " to exit editing mode, press " Shift " +

" : " and input " wq " to save the modification and exit the vi editor.

1)

Edit two files for tunnel (access.conf and forward.conf)

cwcos# vi /icac/conf/access.conf

1 127.0.0.1 4603

cwcos# vi /icac/conf/forward.conf

127.0.0.1 4603


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2) Configure interface for management platform (eth7 for AC200).

Enter the path: cd /etc/network.d/

Create eth7 interface by command: cp ifcfg-eth0 ifcfg-eth7

cwcos# vi ifcfg-eth7

DEVICE=eth7

ONBOOT=yes

BOOTPROTO=static

TYPE=Ethernet

NETMASK=255.255.255.252

IPADDR=192.168.16.6

3) Configure the route list:

cwcos#vi /etc/network.d/static_route

-net 0.0.0.0 netmask 0.0.0.0 gw192.168.16.5

4) Restart network service

cwcos# /etc/init.d/network restart

5) Save configuration

cwcos#copy_run_to_startup

6) Other commands for management platform:

Display interface: cwcos# ifconfig

Display route list: cwcos# route -n

Check the running firmware version: cwcos#cat /proc/rmi/mips-version

Display online AP: cwcos#show wtp up

Debug communication between AP and AC, it is useful when AP can't be

online:

cwcos#debug accomm all (stop debugging: cwcos#no debug accomm

all)

3.3.

Access Platform CLI configuration

Note: in Access Platform, command for enter configuration mode: con ter , leave

the current configuration interface: exit Sample as below:


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hostname AC200

telnet timeout 600

system data-tunnel layer3

wireless data-sync enable

wireless ap-tunnel-port 5248

wireless local-tunnel-ip 192.168.16.6

wlan enable

ip dhcp active

ip dhcp server 192.168.16.6

ip nat router

ip nat pool in 172.16.0.1 255.255.240.0

ip nat pool out 192.168.16.6 255.255.255.255

ip nat inside in out overload

interface GigabitEthernet 1/0.0

vlan id 140

ip address 192.168.16.6 255.255.255.252

no shutdown

ip nat outside

description To_Internet

ip-pool for-station

ipaddress 172.16.0.1 255.255.240.0

alloc-mode localdhcp

default-router 172.16.0.1

max-lease 3600

dns-server 8.8.8.8 4.2.2.2

available-interface port 0 vlan 2-4000

ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 192.168.16.5

3.4.

AC web configuration

After finish the configuration of management and access platform via CLI, we

can go to the AC web interface to configure the WLAN related items.Outline:


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1)

Configure “AP Version”

Path: Basic Settings – AP Version

2)

Tunnel Configuration

Path: Basic Settings – Tunnel Configuration

3)

Configure WLAN security policy (Optional)

Path: Wireless Security - WLAN Security

4)

AP Configuration

Path: WLAN – AP Configuration

5)

WLAN Groups

Path: WLAN – WLAN Groups

6)

AP Group and WLAN Group mapping

Path: WLAN – AP Policy Apply

7)

WLAN-VLAN Association

Path: WLAN – WLAN-VLAN Association

8)

Monitoring the AP status

Path: Statistics - AP Information

Configuration Step:

1)

Configure “AP Version”

Note, Models for Altai AP:

A8n: WA8011N-X, A8-Ein: WA8011N, A8in: WA8011N-HE

A2 series: AP5822


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C1n: WA1011N-G, C1an: WA1011N-A

The hardware version of AP can refer to AP web interface, path: About-Product

Version

2)

Tunnel Configuration

3)

Configure WLAN security policy (Optional)

4)

AP Configuration

Create new AP group.


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Add AP to the specific AP group, here the MAC address is the Ethernet MAC of

AP. The Ethernet MAC can be known from the label of AP housing or the AP

webpage.

Configure the wireless setting (wireless mode, channel, transmit power level, etc)

of AP.

AC support import AP list, we can export the list and import it after the edition.

CSV file sample:

5)

WLAN Groups

Create new WLAN group.


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Edit the WLAN group.

Add new WLAN(wireless configuration) in the WLAN group.

WLAN configuration sample (open SSID, concentrated forwarding):


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6)

AP Group and WLAN Group mapping

7)

WLAN-VLAN Association

Set the “Inner VALN” as the WLAN VLAN(in the previous sample, it is 2000), set

the “Outer VLAN” as “0”.


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8)

Monitoring the AP status

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