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Follow these steps to access the Cisco Aironet 1815t Series OfficeExtend access point GUI.
Step 1 Connect your laptop to the local Ethernet port 1, or 2 on the 1815t Series OfficeExtend access point.
Note Ethernet port 4 (Remote LAN port) may not be used to configure the 1815t Series OfficeExtend access point.
Step 2 With the 1815t Series OfficeExtend access point connected to your home router/gateway as described in the procedure “Installing the Access Point in the Network” section, enter the IP address of the 1815t Series OfficeExtend access point in the Address field of your Internet browser (http://<ap-ipaddress>) and click Go.
Note The default IP address is 10.0.0.1.
Note Make sure your laptop is not connected to your company’s network using a virtual private network (VPN) connection.
The 1815t Series Office Extend Access Point Login page is displayed.
Step 3 When prompted, enter the username and password to log into the access point.
Note The default username and password are admin and admin.
The 1815t Series OfficeExtend Access Point welcome page is displayed.
Step 4 On the 1815t Series OfficeExtend Access Point welcome page, click Enter. The 1815t Series Office Extend Access Point Home page is displayed.
Figure 2-1 Home Page with AP Info Tab View
The GUI consists of these pages:
Note When modifying any of the settings described in the following sections, ensure that you click Apply for the settings to take effect.
This is a multi-tab page showing general information about the AP settings, information about configured Local SSIDs and available Corporate SSIDs, and a summary of the client association statistics. It contains the following tabs:
The AP Info tab (see Figure 2-1) shows the access point name, IP address, AP mode, AP MAC address, AP uptime, software version, WLC information, CAPWAP status, and WAN gateway status.
This page also shows radio-specific information, under AP Statistics, which shows radio status, channel/bandwidth, transmit power, and number of packets in and out.
This page also displays LAN Port statistics such as port number, admin status, port type, link status, and number of packets in and out.
The CAPWAP status shows the status of the AP’s CAPWAP connection with the controller.
If the WAN connection is established and the AP’s Gateway is reachable then the WAN status is shown as Reachable, else it is shown as Not Reachable.
The SSID tab (see Figure 2-2) lists configured Local SSIDs and available Corporate SSIDs and the configured security policy.
The Client tab (see Figure 2-3) gives the details of associated clients with Local as well as Corporate SSIDs. For each connected client, this page reports the client MAC address, client IP address, WLAN SSID, Radio/LAN, elapsed association time, number of packets in and out.
The Configuration page is a multi-tab page with the following options:
Wherever applicable, default values are shown.
The Configuration System (see Figure 2-4) tab displays and allows the user to configure general system information.
The Login section allows the user to change the username and password for the access point.
Note You can leave the username and password fields, along with the router’s user name and password fields blank, to disable access control.
The Radio section allows the user to configure radio interface parameters. You can configure the parameters for both the 2.4 GHz and the 5 GHz radios. To set these parameters, first click the radio you want to configure from under the System tab.
You can set the following parameters for each radio:
Figure 2-4 Configuration–System Tab
The Configuration SSID tab (see Figure 2-5) contains fields necessary for you to configure your personal SSIDs, for the 2.4 GHz and the 5 GHz radio interface.
The Personal Network section allows the user to configure the following:
The MAC Filter section allows for MAC filtering. Check the Enabled check box to enable MAC filtering. Specify the MAC addresses that are to be allowed wireless access, in the table provided.
The Security Section allows the user to configure security parameters for the selected SSID and radio interface. The following authenticated key management parameters can be configured:
Figure 2-5 Configuration–SSID Tab
The Configuration DHCP tab (see Figure 2-6) contains the fields necessary for configuring the local DHCP server.
The following parameters can be set for the LAN interface:
Figure 2-6 Configuration–DHCP Tab
The Configuration Wireless Access Network (WAN) tab (see Figure 2-7) contains the fields necessary for you to configure the IP address of the Wireless LAN controller on your access point.
In the Controller section’s IP Address field, set the IP address of the primary wireless controller to which the AP will join.
In the Uplink IP Configuration section, you can set the following parameters for IP configuration of the WAN port:
The DNS configuration section is optional. You can set the following parameters here:
Figure 2-7 Configuration-WAN Tab
The Configuration Firewall tab (see Figure 2-8) contains fields to enable/disable the access point’s firewall and set various firewall parameters.
Set the Firewall Status as Enabled to apply client filtering and port forwarding rules. To disable the firewall, from the drop-down list choose Disabled, and then click Apply. The firewall is disabled by default.
The following firewall settings are available:
Note All firewall settings are applicable on the WAN port for local traffic (traffic sent directly to the Internet, and not to the corporate network). Firewall protection for CAPWAP traffic and traffic sent through the controller to the corporate office is configured and monitored on the WLC.
The following are the sections in the Firewall tab, listed in the order of precedence of the firewall settings:
The Client Filtering sections allows you to add filtering rules to filter traffic from clients, by specifying the following for each rule:
– To set the rule for all local clients, check the All Clients check box.
– To set the rule for a range of IP address, specify the Local IP Address Range.
Select the required protocol for the rule by choosing it from the Protocol drop-down list.
The Port Forwarding settings allow you to configure port forwarding rules for packets from WAN port to Local LAN clients and back. A maximum of 10 Port Forwards can be set, but their ranges should be of the same size and should not overlap. For each rule you can set the following parameters:
– Select TCP or UDP and then set the WAN Port Start and WAN Port End values.
– Select one of these protocols— FTP, Telnet, SMTP, DNS, TFTP, HTTP, POP3, NNTP, SNMP, or HTTPS.
Note If HTTP or HTTPS protocol is selected, the OfficeExtend GUI will not be accessible from the WAN side because the port is overridden to the client destination.
The DMZ feature allows one network computer connected to a local LAN or WLAN to be exposed to the Internet for using special-purpose services such as Internet gaming. The DMZ feature forwards all the ports terminating on a WAN IP to one internal computer, whose address is set as the DMZ IP Address.
The DMZ feature, if enabled, will forward all incoming WAN packets to the LAN machine, except the CAPWAP control/data and packets which are destined to any ports and which have a port forwarding rule. The DMZ feature is not applicable to corporate networks such as Remote-LAN and Corp WLAN.
However, the Port Forwarding feature is more secure, compared to DMZ feature because the former only opens the ports you want to have opened, while DMZ opens all the ports of one computer, exposing the computer to the Internet/WAN.
Figure 2-8 Firewall Settings Page
The Backup/Restore tab (see Figure 2-9) allows the following functions;
This page shows you the logged errors and allows you to clear the log. Click Clear to clear the log.
The Network Diagnostics page (see Figure 2-11) allows you to run the Speed Test and Link Test for the Network between AP and Controller. To run diagnostics, click Start Diagnostics.
Figure 2-11 Network Diagnostics
The functionalities of the Network Diagnostics tab are as follows:
Note You can run the Speed and Link tests from the AP’s GUI, the controller’s GUI, and the controller’s CLI.
Running Network Diagnostics via Controller CLI
From the wireless LAN controller CLI, you can use the following command to run network diagnostics:
show ap network-diagnostics ap-name
Running Network Diagnostics via Controller GUI
You can initiate the network diagnostics tests from the Network Diagnostics tab in the controller GUI. This tab is available at Wireless > All APs > Details.