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... Parameters 314 Changing RF Auto-Tuning Settings 316 Selecting Available Channels on the 802.11a Radio 316 Changing Channel Tuning Settings 316 Changing Power Tuning Settings 317 Locking Down Tuned Settings 318 Displaying RF Auto-Tuning Information 319 Displaying RF Auto-Tuning Settings 319 Displaying RF Neighbors... AEROSCOUT LISTENERS Configuring MAP Radios to Listen for AeroScout RFID Tags 324 Locating an RFID Tag 325 Using an AeroScout Engine 325 Using 3Com Wireless Switch Manager 325 16 CONFIGURING QUALITY OF SERVICE About QoS 327 Summary of QoS Features 327 QoS Mode 330 WMM QoS Mode 331 WMM...
... Parameters 314 Changing RF Auto-Tuning Settings 316 Selecting Available Channels on the 802.11a Radio 316 Changing Channel Tuning Settings 316 Changing Power Tuning Settings 317 Locking Down Tuned Settings 318 Displaying RF Auto-Tuning Information 319 Displaying RF Auto-Tuning Settings 319 Displaying RF Neighbors... AEROSCOUT LISTENERS Configuring MAP Radios to Listen for AeroScout RFID Tags 324 Locating an RFID Tag 325 Using an AeroScout Engine 325 Using 3Com Wireless Switch Manager 325 16 CONFIGURING QUALITY OF SERVICE About QoS 327 Summary of QoS Features 327 QoS Mode 330 WMM QoS Mode 331 WMM...
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... and request its configuration from 3Com Wireless Switch Manager instead. Staged WX-On any time on a switch that is different from 3Com Wireless Switch Manager, by attaching a PC to the switch's Console port. For information, see the following techniques: Drop ship-On model WXR100 only, you can press the factory reset switch during power on until the right LED...
... and request its configuration from 3Com Wireless Switch Manager instead. Staged WX-On any time on a switch that is different from 3Com Wireless Switch Manager, by attaching a PC to the switch's Console port. For information, see the following techniques: Drop ship-On model WXR100 only, you can press the factory reset switch during power on until the right LED...
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... configuration. No Is auto-config enabled? Yes Model WXR100? Yes No Boots with no configuration. Does switch have a configuration? Web Quick Start is powered on ? Switch boots using its Configuration Figure 1 shows how a WX switch gets a configuration when you power it on. No Model WX1200 or WX2200? No Switch displays CLI prompt. Yes No Was factory reset...
... configuration. No Is auto-config enabled? Yes Model WXR100? Yes No Boots with no configuration. Does switch have a configuration? Web Quick Start is powered on ? Switch boots using its Configuration Figure 1 shows how a WX switch gets a configuration when you power it on. No Model WX1200 or WX2200? No Switch displays CLI prompt. Yes No Was factory reset...
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...detailed instructions, see "Accessing the Web Quick Start" on the switch and use the CLI or 3Com Wireless Switch Manager. To access the Web Quick Start, attach a PC ...switch Country code (the country where wireless access will not be available again unless you to configure basic wireless access for a small office. You also can use the Web Quick Start to configure the switch to provide wireless...accessible only on switch models WXR100, WX1200, and WX2200. Access requires the administrator username and password. Power over Ethernet (PoE), for your wireless users. You ...
...detailed instructions, see "Accessing the Web Quick Start" on the switch and use the CLI or 3Com Wireless Switch Manager. To access the Web Quick Start, attach a PC ...switch Country code (the country where wireless access will not be available again unless you to configure basic wireless access for a small office. You also can use the Web Quick Start to configure the switch to provide wireless...accessible only on switch models WXR100, WX1200, and WX2200. Access requires the administrator username and password. Power over Ethernet (PoE), for your wireless users. You ...
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... card (NIC), then unplug the PC from this switch on the network. If you attach to it for the switch PC with an Ethernet port that you are configuring a WXR100, do not attach the switch to the network, power down the PC or disable its IP address. Accessing... the PC is receiving power. Pressing this subnet. If the green power LED is lit, the switch is connected to your network, the switch disables the MSS DHCP server, if the switch detects another DHCP server on an unconfigured switch causes the switch to attempt to contact a 3Com Wireless Switch Manager server instead of...
... card (NIC), then unplug the PC from this switch on the network. If you attach to it for the switch PC with an Ethernet port that you are configuring a WXR100, do not attach the switch to the network, power down the PC or disable its IP address. Accessing... the PC is receiving power. Pressing this subnet. If the green power LED is lit, the switch is connected to your network, the switch disables the MSS DHCP server, if the switch detects another DHCP server on an unconfigured switch causes the switch to attempt to contact a 3Com Wireless Switch Manager server instead of...
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...'s Refresh or Reload button at any time while using the wizard. The Web Quick Start enables you power it on. 42 CHAPTER 2: WX SETUP METHODS This is a temporary, well-known address assigned to the unconfigured switch when you to change this address. Using the browser's navigation buttons, such as Back and Forward...
...'s Refresh or Reload button at any time while using the wizard. The Web Quick Start enables you power it on. 42 CHAPTER 2: WX SETUP METHODS This is a temporary, well-known address assigned to the unconfigured switch when you to change this address. Using the browser's navigation buttons, such as Back and Forward...
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... Ethernet (PoE) state Load sharing Setting the Port Type A WX switch port can be authenticated to WX switches through a MAP access port. To configure for the following types: Network port. Configuring and Managing Ports You can provide power to a MAP. Wireless users are authenticated to configure and manage ports and VLANs. The...
... Ethernet (PoE) state Load sharing Setting the Port Type A WX switch port can be authenticated to WX switches through a MAP access port. To configure for the following types: Network port. Configuring and Managing Ports You can provide power to a MAP. Wireless users are authenticated to configure and manage ports and VLANs. The...
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...PORTS AND VLANS You cannot configure any gigabit Ethernet port, or port 7 or 8 on a WX1200 switch, or port 1 on page 177. For information, see Chapter 10, "Configuring MAP Access Points," on a WXR100, as a AP in MP-620 require external antenna, and model MP-262 requires an external antenna...and MP-372-JP. (Antenna support on the configured ports. The following command: WX1200# set ap port model [ poe ] This may affect the power applied on a specific model is required to the antennas certified for optional use the set ports 4 through 6 for a MAP (referred to as a MAP ...
...PORTS AND VLANS You cannot configure any gigabit Ethernet port, or port 7 or 8 on a WX1200 switch, or port 1 on page 177. For information, see Chapter 10, "Configuring MAP Access Points," on a WXR100, as a AP in MP-620 require external antenna, and model MP-262 requires an external antenna...and MP-372-JP. (Antenna support on the configured ports. The following command: WX1200# set ap port model [ poe ] This may affect the power applied on a specific model is required to the antennas certified for optional use the set ports 4 through 6 for a MAP (referred to as a MAP ...
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Because the WX does not supply power to 320 For the serial-id parameter, specify the serial ID of simultaneous user sessions that can be active on the port at a time. Setting a ... following command: WX# set ap 1 serial-id 0322199999 model mp-372 success: change accepted Configuring and Managing Ports 75 Table 7 Valid dap-num Values Switch Model WX4400 WX1200 WXR100 WX2200 Valid Range 1 to 300 1 to 30 1 to 8 1 to an indirectly connected MAP, the set ap command does not use the poe parameter...
Because the WX does not supply power to 320 For the serial-id parameter, specify the serial ID of simultaneous user sessions that can be active on the port at a time. Setting a ... following command: WX# set ap 1 serial-id 0322199999 model mp-372 success: change accepted Configuring and Managing Ports 75 Table 7 Valid dap-num Values Switch Model WX4400 WX1200 WXR100 WX2200 Valid Range 1 to 300 1 to 30 1 to 8 1 to an indirectly connected MAP, the set ap command does not use the poe parameter...
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...control packets. If you set the port type. (See "Setting the Port Type" on page 71.) CAUTION: Use the WX switch's PoE only to power 3Com MAPs. PoE is administratively disabled cannot send or receive packets. The PoE state depends on whether you enable or disable PoE when ... Ethernet (PoE) supplies DC power to a device connected to determine capabilities for 802.3z flow control parameters. Autonegotiation and Flow Control WX gigabit ports use the following command: set port {enable | disable} port-list A port that is supported only on a WX1200 switch. This command does not affect...
...control packets. If you set the port type. (See "Setting the Port Type" on page 71.) CAUTION: Use the WX switch's PoE only to power 3Com MAPs. PoE is administratively disabled cannot send or receive packets. The PoE state depends on whether you enable or disable PoE when ... Ethernet (PoE) supplies DC power to a device connected to determine capabilities for 802.3z flow control parameters. Autonegotiation and Flow Control WX gigabit ports use the following command: set port {enable | disable} port-list A port that is supported only on a WX1200 switch. This command does not affect...
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...octets port 3 Port Status Rx Octets Tx Octets 3 Up 27965420 34886544 (For information about the fields in the output, see the Wireless LAN Switch and Controller Command Reference.) Displaying Port Statistics To display port statistics, use the following command: display port counters [octets | packets |... 3 3 up MAP enabled 1.44 In this example, PoE is drawing 1.44 W of power from the WX switch. (For more information about the fields in the output, see the Wireless LAN Switch and Controller Command Reference.) To display all types of a port, use the monitor port counters...
...octets port 3 Port Status Rx Octets Tx Octets 3 Up 27965420 34886544 (For information about the fields in the output, see the Wireless LAN Switch and Controller Command Reference.) Displaying Port Statistics To display port statistics, use the following command: display port counters [octets | packets |... 3 3 up MAP enabled 1.44 In this example, PoE is drawing 1.44 W of power from the WX switch. (For more information about the fields in the output, see the Wireless LAN Switch and Controller Command Reference.) To display all types of a port, use the monitor port counters...
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... the following ways: Learned from traffic received by the WX switch itself - The entries in the configuration file. By default, a dynamic entry ages out if it remains unused for wired and wireless authentication users. How Entries Enter the Forwarding Database An entry enters the ...forwarding database in the database only until the entry is powered down or rebooted. Permanent - The WX switch also adds any static entries added by the...
... the following ways: Learned from traffic received by the WX switch itself - The entries in the configuration file. By default, a dynamic entry ages out if it remains unused for wired and wireless authentication users. How Entries Enter the Forwarding Database An entry enters the ...forwarding database in the database only until the entry is powered down or rebooted. Permanent - The WX switch also adds any static entries added by the...
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disabled off Type the following commands: WX1200# set port type ap 2-4 model ap2750 poe enable This may affect the power applied on the configured ports. disabled off 2 finance up MAP enabled 7.11 3 accounting up MAP enabled 7.11 4 shipping up MAP enabled 7.11...45 Fan status: fan1 OK fan2 OK fan3 OK Temperature: temp1 ok temp2 ok temp3 ok PSU Status: Lower Power Supply DC ok AC ok Upper Power Supply missing Memory: 156.08/496.04 (31%) Total Power Over Ethernet : 0.000 3 Configure ports 2 through 4 for connection to continue? (y/n) [n]y success: change accepted...
disabled off Type the following commands: WX1200# set port type ap 2-4 model ap2750 poe enable This may affect the power applied on the configured ports. disabled off 2 finance up MAP enabled 7.11 3 accounting up MAP enabled 7.11 4 shipping up MAP enabled 7.11...45 Fan status: fan1 OK fan2 OK fan3 OK Temperature: temp1 ok temp2 ok temp3 ok PSU Status: Lower Power Supply DC ok AC ok Upper Power Supply missing Memory: 156.08/496.04 (31%) Total Power Over Ethernet : 0.000 3 Configure ports 2 through 4 for connection to continue? (y/n) [n]y success: change accepted...
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... client is disabled by default on an unconfigured WXR100 when the factory reset switch is pressed and held during power on . MSS then configures the other switch models, and is disabled on a WXR100 if the switch is already configured or the factory reset switch is enabled, the configured values are used .... address. The DHCP client and DHCP server cannot both be enabled. You can be enabled on the switch, and DNS is not pressed and held during power on . How MSS Resolves Conflicts with Statically Configured IP Parameters MSS compares the IP parameter values already ...
... client is disabled by default on an unconfigured WXR100 when the factory reset switch is pressed and held during power on . MSS then configures the other switch models, and is disabled on a WXR100 if the switch is already configured or the factory reset switch is enabled, the configured values are used .... address. The DHCP client and DHCP server cannot both be enabled. You can be enabled on the switch, and DNS is not pressed and held during power on . How MSS Resolves Conflicts with Statically Configured IP Parameters MSS compares the IP parameter values already ...
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You can configure the DHCP client on more than one VLAN, but MSS is powered down but the client can be active on VLAN corpvlan: WX1200# set interface corpvlan ip dhcp-client enable success: change accepted. WX1200# display interface * = From ... interface vlan-id ip This command clears all IP configuration information from a DHCP server. 106 CHAPTER 6: CONFIGURING AND MANAGING IP INTERFACES AND SERVICES If the switch is still running, MSS attempts to reuse the address when the interface comes back up. To remove all IP information from a VLAN, including the DHCP...
You can configure the DHCP client on more than one VLAN, but MSS is powered down but the client can be active on VLAN corpvlan: WX1200# set interface corpvlan ip dhcp-client enable success: change accepted. WX1200# display interface * = From ... interface vlan-id ip This command clears all IP configuration information from a DHCP server. 106 CHAPTER 6: CONFIGURING AND MANAGING IP INTERFACES AND SERVICES If the switch is still running, MSS attempts to reuse the address when the interface comes back up. To remove all IP information from a VLAN, including the DHCP...
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... Fan status: fan1 OK fan2 OK fan3 OK Temperature: temp1 ok temp2 ok temp3 ok PSU Status: Lower Power Supply DC ok AC ok Upper Power Supply missing Memory: 156.08/496.04 (31%) Total Power Over Ethernet : 105.6 WX1200# display interface VLAN Name Address Mask Enabled State 2 default 10.10.10.10...
... Fan status: fan1 OK fan2 OK fan3 OK Temperature: temp1 ok temp2 ok temp3 ok PSU Status: Lower Power Supply DC ok AC ok Upper Power Supply missing Memory: 156.08/496.04 (31%) Total Power Over Ethernet : 105.6 WX1200# display interface VLAN Name Address Mask Enabled State 2 default 10.10.10.10...
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...status of a MAP radio changes. APTimeoutTraps-Generated when a MAP fails to respond to the WX switch. AuthenTraps-Generated when the WX switch's SNMP engine receives a bad community string. AutoTuneRadioChannelChangeTraps-Generated when the RF Auto-Tuning feature changes ...the channel on a radio. AutoTuneRadioPowerChangeTraps-Generated when the RF Auto-Tuning feature changes the power setting on a radio....
...status of a MAP radio changes. APTimeoutTraps-Generated when a MAP fails to respond to the WX switch. AuthenTraps-Generated when the WX switch's SNMP engine receives a bad community string. AutoTuneRadioChannelChangeTraps-Generated when the RF Auto-Tuning feature changes ...the channel on a radio. AutoTuneRadioPowerChangeTraps-Generated when the RF Auto-Tuning feature changes the power setting on a radio....
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178 CHAPTER 10: CONFIGURING MAP ACCESS POINTS Figure 8 Example 3Com Network serial-id M9DE48B012F00 MAP serial-id M9DE48B123400 MAP serial-id M9DE48B6EAD00 MAP WX2 System IP address 10.10.40.4 Port Port 1 2 WX1 System IP ... operation. Configure MAP access ports, Distributed AP connections, and dual homing. If required, configure radio-specific parameters, which include the channel number, transmit power, and external antenna type.
178 CHAPTER 10: CONFIGURING MAP ACCESS POINTS Figure 8 Example 3Com Network serial-id M9DE48B012F00 MAP serial-id M9DE48B123400 MAP serial-id M9DE48B6EAD00 MAP WX2 System IP address 10.10.40.4 Port Port 1 2 WX1 System IP ... operation. Configure MAP access ports, Distributed AP connections, and dual homing. If required, configure radio-specific parameters, which include the channel number, transmit power, and external antenna type.
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... is not directly connected to a WX is any port connecting the switch to the MAP. The WX may be configured for 802.1Q VLAN tagging.) The WX contains a configuration for a Distributed MAP based on a WX1200 or WXR100. MAP Overview 179 You do install an external antenna, you must ...first determine how the MAP connects to the switch. There may communicate to set channels and power if you use RF Auto-Tuning to the Distributed MAP through any...
... is not directly connected to a WX is any port connecting the switch to the MAP. The WX may be configured for 802.1Q VLAN tagging.) The WX contains a configuration for a Distributed MAP based on a WX1200 or WXR100. MAP Overview 179 You do install an external antenna, you must ...first determine how the MAP connects to the switch. There may communicate to set channels and power if you use RF Auto-Tuning to the Distributed MAP through any...
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...to . Information on one of the switch. Therefore, DHCP services must provide ...its IP address, as well as the WX switch it uses as its boot device. ...with a WX that has been tested by 3Com. (Contact 3Com for mynetwork.com is not available in ...the section "Boot Process for communication, and relies on the DNS server. If the intermediate network between the WX switch and Distributed MAP includes one or more than one DNS entry, and map each entry to a different WX switch...switches. (For redundancy, you can use a PoE injection device that...
...to . Information on one of the switch. Therefore, DHCP services must provide ...its IP address, as well as the WX switch it uses as its boot device. ...with a WX that has been tested by 3Com. (Contact 3Com for mynetwork.com is not available in ...the section "Boot Process for communication, and relies on the DNS server. If the intermediate network between the WX switch and Distributed MAP includes one or more than one DNS entry, and map each entry to a different WX switch...switches. (For redundancy, you can use a PoE injection device that...