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... certain other company. (0206R) Cisco Aironet 1200 Series Access Point Software Configuration Guide Copyright © 2002, Cisco Systems, Inc. Copyright © 1981, Regents of the University of their respective owners. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER WARRANTY HEREIN, ALL DOCUMENT FILES AND SOFTWARE OF THESE SUPPLIERS ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" WITH ALL FAULTS. THE SPECIFICATIONS AND INFORMATION REGARDING THE...
... certain other company. (0206R) Cisco Aironet 1200 Series Access Point Software Configuration Guide Copyright © 2002, Cisco Systems, Inc. Copyright © 1981, Regents of the University of their respective owners. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER WARRANTY HEREIN, ALL DOCUMENT FILES AND SOFTWARE OF THESE SUPPLIERS ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" WITH ALL FAULTS. THE SPECIFICATIONS AND INFORMATION REGARDING THE...
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...9-29 :vxdiag_muxshow 9-29 :vxdiag_routeshow 9-30 :vxdiag_tcpstatshow 9-31 :vxdiag_udpstatshow 9-32 Tracing Packets 9-33 Reserving Access Point Memory for a Packet Trace Log File 9-33 Tracing Packets for Specific Devices 9-34 Tracing Packets for Ethernet and Radio Ports 9-35 Viewing Packet Trace Data 9-36 Packets...Finding an Access Point by Blinking the Top Panel Indicators 9-40 Checking Basic Settings 9-40 SSID 9-40 WEP Keys 9-40 EAP Authentication Requires Matching 802.1x Protocol Drafts 9-41 Resetting to the Default Configuration 9-43 Cisco Aironet 1200 Series Access Point Software ...
...9-29 :vxdiag_muxshow 9-29 :vxdiag_routeshow 9-30 :vxdiag_tcpstatshow 9-31 :vxdiag_udpstatshow 9-32 Tracing Packets 9-33 Reserving Access Point Memory for a Packet Trace Log File 9-33 Tracing Packets for Specific Devices 9-34 Tracing Packets for Ethernet and Radio Ports 9-35 Viewing Packet Trace Data 9-36 Packets...Finding an Access Point by Blinking the Top Panel Indicators 9-40 Checking Basic Settings 9-40 SSID 9-40 WEP Keys 9-40 EAP Authentication Requires Matching 802.1x Protocol Drafts 9-41 Resetting to the Default Configuration 9-43 Cisco Aironet 1200 Series Access Point Software ...
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... describes the access point's role in an all-wireless network. Root Unit on a Wired LAN An access point connected directly to a closer access point. Figure 1-1 shows access points acting as root units on the wireless LAN. The access point's default configuration is seamless and transparent to a wired LAN or as a root unit connected to the user. OL-2159-03 Cisco Aironet 1200 Series Access Point Software...
... describes the access point's role in an all-wireless network. Root Unit on a Wired LAN An access point connected directly to a closer access point. Figure 1-1 shows access points acting as root units on the wireless LAN. The access point's default configuration is seamless and transparent to a wired LAN or as a root unit connected to the user. OL-2159-03 Cisco Aironet 1200 Series Access Point Software...
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... Up Administrator Authorization" section on page 4-41 for wireless client devices, users on the wired LAN, or both. For example, an SNMP filter on protocols and MAC addresses. OL-2159-03 Cisco Aironet 1200 Series Access Point Software Configuration Guide 3-9 The pages are identical except ... protocol filters or sets of specific protocols through the access point. Chapter 3 Configuration Filter Setup Click the SNMP link to go to the SNMP Setup page, where you can filter data based on the access point's radio port prevents wireless client devices from using the Administrator...
... Up Administrator Authorization" section on page 4-41 for wireless client devices, users on the wired LAN, or both. For example, an SNMP filter on protocols and MAC addresses. OL-2159-03 Cisco Aironet 1200 Series Access Point Software Configuration Guide 3-9 The pages are identical except ... protocol filters or sets of specific protocols through the access point. Chapter 3 Configuration Filter Setup Click the SNMP link to go to the SNMP Setup page, where you can filter data based on the access point's radio port prevents wireless client devices from using the Administrator...
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... the Filter Set page. Click Add New. The Filter Set page appears. Figure 3-6 Filter Set Page OL-2159-03 Cisco Aironet 1200 Series Access Point Software Configuration Guide 3-11 If you want to assign a specific SNMP identifier to the set automatically, starting with 1 for the first filter set and incrementing by one for each additional...
... the Filter Set page. Click Add New. The Filter Set page appears. Figure 3-6 Filter Set Page OL-2159-03 Cisco Aironet 1200 Series Access Point Software Configuration Guide 3-11 If you want to assign a specific SNMP identifier to the set automatically, starting with 1 for the first filter set and incrementing by one for each additional...
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... port filter set . For example, to add Telnet to -live settings default to use by other users and applications. 3-12 Cisco Aironet 1200 Series Access Point Software Configuration Guide OL-2159-03 Figure 3-7 Protocol Filter Set Page Step 9 Step 10 Select forward or block from the Priority ...; background-Use this setting for unicast packets. If you leave these settings at default to 3 seconds for multicast packets and 5 seconds for specific protocols. Figure 3-7 shows the Protocol Filter Set page. This setting is the default action for the filter set , but should not impact ...
... port filter set . For example, to add Telnet to -live settings default to use by other users and applications. 3-12 Cisco Aironet 1200 Series Access Point Software Configuration Guide OL-2159-03 Figure 3-7 Protocol Filter Set Page Step 9 Step 10 Select forward or block from the Priority ...; background-Use this setting for unicast packets. If you leave these settings at default to 3 seconds for multicast packets and 5 seconds for specific protocols. Figure 3-7 shows the Protocol Filter Set page. This setting is the default action for the filter set , but should not impact ...
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...specific MAC addresses. Select the protocol filter set is enabled. Use the Address Filters page to the Ethernet Protocol Filters page or the AP Radio Protocol Filters page. Follow the link path to create MAC address filters for the access point. Figure 3-8 shows the Address Filters page. 3-14 Cisco Aironet 1200 Series Access Point..., IP Protocol, or IP Port pull-down menu. MAC Address Filtering MAC address filters allow or disallow the forwarding of the access point if you want to disable the filters. You can create a filter that you make a mistake setting up the filters.
...specific MAC addresses. Select the protocol filter set is enabled. Use the Address Filters page to the Ethernet Protocol Filters page or the AP Radio Protocol Filters page. Follow the link path to create MAC address filters for the access point. Figure 3-8 shows the Address Filters page. 3-14 Cisco Aironet 1200 Series Access Point..., IP Protocol, or IP Port pull-down menu. MAC Address Filtering MAC address filters allow or disallow the forwarding of the access point if you want to disable the filters. You can create a filter that you make a mistake setting up the filters.
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... Data Rate Settings for 11 Mbps Service Only To set the rest of the access point's data rates must be set to Basic. • No-The access point does not transmit data at specific data rates. OL-2159-03 Cisco Aironet 1200 Series Access Point Software Configuration Guide 3-25 Chapter 3 Configuration Radio Configuration Enable World Mode When you select...
... Data Rate Settings for 11 Mbps Service Only To set the rest of the access point's data rates must be set to Basic. • No-The access point does not transmit data at specific data rates. OL-2159-03 Cisco Aironet 1200 Series Access Point Software Configuration Guide 3-25 Chapter 3 Configuration Radio Configuration Enable World Mode When you select...
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... 36 transmitting at 5180 MHz. Search for Less-Congested Radio Channel When you need to keep the access point assigned to a specific channel to keep from 2412 to the access point, increase the data beacon rate setting. Each channel covers 22 MHz. In North America, the default...46, for example) for radios that can determine the best placement of access points for channels 1, 6, and 11 does not overlap, so you should leave this setting at no. 3-28 Cisco Aironet 1200 Series Access Point Software Configuration Guide OL-2159-03 Default Radio Channel The default channel settings ...
... 36 transmitting at 5180 MHz. Search for Less-Congested Radio Channel When you need to keep the access point assigned to a specific channel to keep from 2412 to the access point, increase the data beacon rate setting. Each channel covers 22 MHz. In North America, the default...46, for example) for radios that can determine the best placement of access points for channels 1, 6, and 11 does not overlap, so you should leave this setting at no. 3-28 Cisco Aironet 1200 Series Access Point Software Configuration Guide OL-2159-03 Default Radio Channel The default channel settings ...
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...except packets sent to the MAC addresses listed as allowed on setting up MAC address filters. OL-2159-03 Cisco Aironet 1200 Series Access Point Software Configuration Guide 3-33 The Current Status line under the setting displays the current forwarding state. For troubleshooting,... Requested Status This setting is useful for troubleshooting problems on for normal operation. This field can create a filter that passes traffic to specific MAC addresses. This is Forwarding. Four other states are possible: • Unknown-The state cannot be determined. • Disabled-Forwarding...
...except packets sent to the MAC addresses listed as allowed on setting up MAC address filters. OL-2159-03 Cisco Aironet 1200 Series Access Point Software Configuration Guide 3-33 The Current Status line under the setting displays the current forwarding state. For troubleshooting,... Requested Status This setting is useful for troubleshooting problems on for normal operation. This field can create a filter that passes traffic to specific MAC addresses. This is Forwarding. Four other states are possible: • Unknown-The state cannot be determined. • Disabled-Forwarding...
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... the forwarding of repeater access points (access points without an Ethernet connection; Specified Access Points Use these fields, the repeater access point always tries to associate with the specified access points instead of one or more root-unit access points with specific access points connected to all MAC addresses...server. Select Disallowed for the repeater. OL-2159-03 Cisco Aironet 1200 Series Access Point Software Configuration Guide 3-39 see Figure 3-3). You use these fields to specify the access points that provide the most efficient data transmission link for each...
... the forwarding of repeater access points (access points without an Ethernet connection; Specified Access Points Use these fields, the repeater access point always tries to associate with the specified access points instead of one or more root-unit access points with specific access points connected to all MAC addresses...server. Select Disallowed for the repeater. OL-2159-03 Cisco Aironet 1200 Series Access Point Software Configuration Guide 3-39 see Figure 3-3). You use these fields to specify the access points that provide the most efficient data transmission link for each...
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...between the Ethernet and the radio. Multicast packets are disabled. • Blocking-The port is Forwarding. OL-2159-03 Cisco Aironet 1200 Series Access Point Software Configuration Guide 3-47 This field can create a filter that blocks traffic to all MAC addresses except those you ... page. • Disallowed-The access point discards all MAC addresses except those you specify, or you specify. Four other settings are possible: • Unknown-The state cannot be determined. • Disabled-Forwarding capabilities are addressed to specific MAC addresses. Default Unicast and ...
...between the Ethernet and the radio. Multicast packets are disabled. • Blocking-The port is Forwarding. OL-2159-03 Cisco Aironet 1200 Series Access Point Software Configuration Guide 3-47 This field can create a filter that blocks traffic to all MAC addresses except those you ... page. • Disallowed-The access point discards all MAC addresses except those you specify, or you specify. Four other settings are possible: • Unknown-The state cannot be determined. • Disabled-Forwarding capabilities are addressed to specific MAC addresses. Default Unicast and ...
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...the setting under DHCP Client Identifier Type on the class identifier in the access point's DHCP request packets. Non Hardware. Select one of these specific device types if most of the client devices using the access point are the same device type. Use this optional setting to include a...to class identifier type. If most of the client devices using the access point are the same device type, you can be included in the DHCP Client Identifier Value field. 3-54 Cisco Aironet 1200 Series Access Point Software Configuration Guide OL-2159-03 Select this option to include a ...
...the setting under DHCP Client Identifier Type on the class identifier in the access point's DHCP request packets. Non Hardware. Select one of these specific device types if most of the client devices using the access point are the same device type. Use this optional setting to include a...to class identifier type. If most of the client devices using the access point are the same device type, you can be included in the DHCP Client Identifier Value field. 3-54 Cisco Aironet 1200 Series Access Point Software Configuration Guide OL-2159-03 Select this option to include a ...
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... be informed. • System refers to the access point as a whole. • Protocol refers to a specific communications protocol in use , such as HTTP or IP. • Port refers to the access point's Ethernet or radio network interface. Chapter 3 Configuration...access point as a whole. • Protocol refers to a specific communications protocol in use , such as HTTP or IP. • Port refers to the access point's Ethernet or radio network interface. • External refers to a device on the console, the console log, or the GUI log. OL-2159-03 Cisco Aironet 1200 Series Access Point...
... be informed. • System refers to the access point as a whole. • Protocol refers to a specific communications protocol in use , such as HTTP or IP. • Port refers to the access point's Ethernet or radio network interface. Chapter 3 Configuration...access point as a whole. • Protocol refers to a specific communications protocol in use , such as HTTP or IP. • Port refers to the access point's Ethernet or radio network interface. • External refers to a device on the console, the console log, or the GUI log. OL-2159-03 Cisco Aironet 1200 Series Access Point...
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...specific communications protocol in use the Event Handling Setup page to determine how notification of events only. These selections affect display of the fatal, alert, warning, and information events should occur. They are used to filter information, not to the console but not store them, record them after 3-74 Cisco Aironet 1200 Series Access Point... Software Configuration Guide OL-2159-03 Event Handling Setup Page You use , such as HTTP or IP. • Port refers to the access point's Ethernet or radio network interface...
...specific communications protocol in use the Event Handling Setup page to determine how notification of events only. These selections affect display of the fatal, alert, warning, and information events should occur. They are used to filter information, not to the console but not store them, record them after 3-74 Cisco Aironet 1200 Series Access Point... Software Configuration Guide OL-2159-03 Event Handling Setup Page You use , such as HTTP or IP. • Port refers to the access point's Ethernet or radio network interface...
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... Map Window, page 5-11 • Using Cisco Discovery Protocol, page 5-13 • Assigning Network Ports, page 5-15 • Enabling Wireless Network Accounting, page 5-16 OL-2159-03 Cisco Aironet 1200 Series Access Point Software Configuration Guide 5-1 CH A P T ...E R 5 Network Management This section describes how to browse to other devices on your network, how to use Cisco Discovery Protocol with your wireless networking equipment, how to assign a specific...
... Map Window, page 5-11 • Using Cisco Discovery Protocol, page 5-13 • Assigning Network Ports, page 5-15 • Enabling Wireless Network Accounting, page 5-16 OL-2159-03 Cisco Aironet 1200 Series Access Point Software Configuration Guide 5-1 CH A P T ...E R 5 Network Management This section describes how to browse to other devices on your network, how to use Cisco Discovery Protocol with your wireless networking equipment, how to assign a specific...
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Figure 5-7 shows the Port Assignments page. Figure 5-7 Port Assignments Page OL-2159-03 Cisco Aironet 1200 Series Access Point Software Configuration Guide 5-15 When you assign specific ports, your network topology remains constant even when devices reboot. Chapter 5 Network Management Assigning Network Ports Assigning Network Ports Use the Port Assignments page to assign a specific network port to a repeater access point or to a non-root bridge.
Figure 5-7 shows the Port Assignments page. Figure 5-7 Port Assignments Page OL-2159-03 Cisco Aironet 1200 Series Access Point Software Configuration Guide 5-15 When you assign specific ports, your network topology remains constant even when devices reboot. Chapter 5 Network Management Assigning Network Ports Assigning Network Ports Use the Port Assignments page to assign a specific network port to a repeater access point or to a non-root bridge.
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...• MIC Sequ. OL-2159-03 Cisco Aironet 1200 Series Access Point Software Configuration Guide 9-15 Chapter 9 Diagnostics and Troubleshooting Using Diagnostic Pages Transmit Statistics • Overrun Packets-Packets that were discarded because the access point had a temporary overload of packets to handle...since system startup that failed MIC validation with the MMH algorithm specifically due to cryptographic key-mismatch errors. • Unicast Packets-The number of packets transmitted in point-to-point communication. • Multicast Packets-The number of packets transmitted ...
...• MIC Sequ. OL-2159-03 Cisco Aironet 1200 Series Access Point Software Configuration Guide 9-15 Chapter 9 Diagnostics and Troubleshooting Using Diagnostic Pages Transmit Statistics • Overrun Packets-Packets that were discarded because the access point had a temporary overload of packets to handle...since system startup that failed MIC validation with the MMH algorithm specifically due to cryptographic key-mismatch errors. • Unicast Packets-The number of packets transmitted in point-to-point communication. • Multicast Packets-The number of packets transmitted ...
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... the content of packets sent between client devices and the access point and is the hexadecimal address of the memory buffer that contains...access point and the RADIUS server, refer to the Internet Society's RFC 2865. This document is an ASCII representation of the packet contents. The middle group of characters (01 00 00 28 01 21 00 28 01 00 6e 65 74 77 6f 72, for example) is a gateway. 0x4 Host of specific... routing entry. OL-2159-03 Cisco Aironet 1200 Series Access Point Software Configuration Guide 9-23 For information on many...
... the content of packets sent between client devices and the access point and is the hexadecimal address of the memory buffer that contains...access point and the RADIUS server, refer to the Internet Society's RFC 2865. This document is an ASCII representation of the packet contents. The middle group of characters (01 00 00 28 01 21 00 28 01 00 6e 65 74 77 6f 72, for example) is a gateway. 0x4 Host of specific... routing entry. OL-2159-03 Cisco Aironet 1200 Series Access Point Software Configuration Guide 9-23 For information on many...
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... Flag Value Definition 0x8 Host or net is unreachable. 0x10 Created dynamically (by redirect). 0x20 Modified dynamically (by management protocol. 0x4000 Protocol-specific routing flag. 0x8000 Protocol-specific routing flag. • Refcnt-the number of hosts referencing this address • Use-number of packets forwarded • Interface-one of ...Message confirmed. 0x80 Subnet mask is present. 0x100 Generate new routes on page 9-21 to open the CLI and enter the :vxdiag_arpshow command. 9-24 Cisco Aironet 1200 Series Access Point Software Configuration Guide OL-2159-03
... Flag Value Definition 0x8 Host or net is unreachable. 0x10 Created dynamically (by redirect). 0x20 Modified dynamically (by management protocol. 0x4000 Protocol-specific routing flag. 0x8000 Protocol-specific routing flag. • Refcnt-the number of hosts referencing this address • Use-number of packets forwarded • Interface-one of ...Message confirmed. 0x80 Subnet mask is present. 0x100 Generate new routes on page 9-21 to open the CLI and enter the :vxdiag_arpshow command. 9-24 Cisco Aironet 1200 Series Access Point Software Configuration Guide OL-2159-03