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Overview of the WFS709TP WFS709TP System Components 1-1 NETGEAR ProSafe Access Points 1-1 WFS709TP ProSafe Switches 1-5 WFS709TP Software 1-7 Basic WLAN Configuration 1-8 Authentication ...1-8 Encryption ...1-10 VLAN ...1-11 Wireless Client Access to Print this Manual xiv Revision History...xv Chapter 1. Deploying a Basic WFS709TP System Configuration Overview 2-1 Deployment Scenario #1 2-1 Deployment Scenario #2 2-2 Deployment Scenario #3 2-4 Configuring the WFS709TP 2-5 Run the Initial Setup 2-6 vii v1.0, June 2007 Contents About This...
Overview of the WFS709TP WFS709TP System Components 1-1 NETGEAR ProSafe Access Points 1-1 WFS709TP ProSafe Switches 1-5 WFS709TP Software 1-7 Basic WLAN Configuration 1-8 Authentication ...1-8 Encryption ...1-10 VLAN ...1-11 Wireless Client Access to Print this Manual xiv Revision History...xv Chapter 1. Deploying a Basic WFS709TP System Configuration Overview 2-1 Deployment Scenario #1 2-1 Deployment Scenario #2 2-2 Deployment Scenario #3 2-4 Configuring the WFS709TP 2-5 Run the Initial Setup 2-6 vii v1.0, June 2007 Contents About This...
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... the following paragraphs: • Typographical Conventions. Warning: Ignoring this manual are described in a malfunction or damage to deploy and configure the WFS709TP ProSafe Smart Wireless Switch. Tip: This format is used to highlight a procedure that will save time or resources. This manual uses the following formats to ...User input, IP addresses, GUI screen text Command prompt, CLI text, code URL links • Formats. About This Manual The WFS709TP ProSafe™ Smart Wireless Switch Software Administration Manual describes how to the equipment. xiii v1.0, June 2007
... the following paragraphs: • Typographical Conventions. Warning: Ignoring this manual are described in a malfunction or damage to deploy and configure the WFS709TP ProSafe Smart Wireless Switch. Tip: This format is used to highlight a procedure that will save time or resources. This manual uses the following formats to ...User input, IP addresses, GUI screen text Command prompt, CLI text, code URL links • Formats. About This Manual The WFS709TP ProSafe™ Smart Wireless Switch Software Administration Manual describes how to the equipment. xiii v1.0, June 2007
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... 2007 Double-click on the NETGEAR, Inc. This manual is a safety warning. WFS709TP ProSafe Smart Wireless Switch Software Administration Manual Danger: This is written for the WFS709TP according to these specifications: Product Version Manual Publication Date WFS709TP ProSafe Smart Wireless Switch June 2007 For more information about network amd wireless technologies, see the links to the NETGEAR website in personal injury or ... or index to navigate directly to where the topic is described in the HTML version of this manual, choose one page at http://www.netgear.com/support.
... 2007 Double-click on the NETGEAR, Inc. This manual is a safety warning. WFS709TP ProSafe Smart Wireless Switch Software Administration Manual Danger: This is written for the WFS709TP according to these specifications: Product Version Manual Publication Date WFS709TP ProSafe Smart Wireless Switch June 2007 For more information about network amd wireless technologies, see the links to the NETGEAR website in personal injury or ... or index to navigate directly to where the topic is described in the HTML version of this manual, choose one page at http://www.netgear.com/support.
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... printing two pages on the Adobe website at the top left of your browser window. - WFS709TP ProSafe Smart Wireless Switch Software Administration Manual • Printing from PDF. Revision History Part Number Version Number Date Description 202-10265-01 1.0 June 2007 Initial NETGEAR release. Printing a PDF Chapter. Use the Complete PDF Manual link at the top left...
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WFS709TP ProSafe Smart Wireless Switch Software Administration Manual xvi About This Manual v1.0, June 2007
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... WFS709TP ProSafe Smart Wireless Switch, in the following topics: • "WFS709TP System Components" on page 1-1 • "Basic WLAN Configuration" on page 1-7 The following components: • "NETGEAR ProSafe Access Points" on page 1-1 • "WFS709TP ProSafe Switches" on page 1-5 • "WFS709TP Software" on page 1-8 • "Wireless Client Access to search for a list of which corresponds to a specific wireless local area network (WLAN). NETGEAR ProSafe Access Points The NETGEAR ProSafe...
... WFS709TP ProSafe Smart Wireless Switch, in the following topics: • "WFS709TP System Components" on page 1-1 • "Basic WLAN Configuration" on page 1-7 The following components: • "NETGEAR ProSafe Access Points" on page 1-1 • "WFS709TP ProSafe Switches" on page 1-5 • "WFS709TP Software" on page 1-8 • "Wireless Client Access to search for a list of which corresponds to a specific wireless local area network (WLAN). NETGEAR ProSafe Access Points The NETGEAR ProSafe...
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... Wiring closet Data center Internet Netgear AP connected with an Ethernet cable WFS709TP Figure 1-1 Access points used with an Ethernet cable or remotely through an IP network. Figure 1-1 shows two APs connected to an WFS709TP. WFS709TP ProSafe Smart Wireless Switch Software Administration Manual You can connect an AP to a WFS709TP either directly with the WFS709TP are Light APs, which means...
... Wiring closet Data center Internet Netgear AP connected with an Ethernet cable WFS709TP Figure 1-1 Access points used with an Ethernet cable or remotely through an IP network. Figure 1-1 shows two APs connected to an WFS709TP. WFS709TP ProSafe Smart Wireless Switch Software Administration Manual You can connect an AP to a WFS709TP either directly with the WFS709TP are Light APs, which means...
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The AP then downloads its host switch, it (Figure 1-2). Netgear AP Floor Wiring closet GRE tunnel Internet GRE tunnel Data center WFS709TP Figure 1-2 Client traffic received by the AP is immediately sent through the tunnel. WFS709TP ProSafe Smart Wireless Switch Software Administration Manual Protocol (DHCP). Once an AP locates its firmware and configuration from the switch through the...
The AP then downloads its host switch, it (Figure 1-2). Netgear AP Floor Wiring closet GRE tunnel Internet GRE tunnel Data center WFS709TP Figure 1-2 Client traffic received by the AP is immediately sent through the tunnel. WFS709TP ProSafe Smart Wireless Switch Software Administration Manual Protocol (DHCP). Once an AP locates its firmware and configuration from the switch through the...
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... neighboring APs to increase power levels to minimize interference and maximize coverage and throughput. Wireless clients Floor Netgear AP Wiring closet Internet Data center WFS709TP Figure 1-3 Automatic RF Channel and Power Settings IntelliFi RF Management (IRM) is enabled... WFS709TP. When IRM is a radio frequency (RF) resource allocation algorithm that you can determine the optimum channel selection and transmitter power setting to compensate. 1-4 Overview of the WFS709TP v1.0, June 2007 WFS709TP ProSafe Smart Wireless Switch Software Administration Manual . The WFS709TP ...
... neighboring APs to increase power levels to minimize interference and maximize coverage and throughput. Wireless clients Floor Netgear AP Wiring closet Internet Data center WFS709TP Figure 1-3 Automatic RF Channel and Power Settings IntelliFi RF Management (IRM) is enabled... WFS709TP. When IRM is a radio frequency (RF) resource allocation algorithm that you can determine the optimum channel selection and transmitter power setting to compensate. 1-4 Overview of the WFS709TP v1.0, June 2007 WFS709TP ProSafe Smart Wireless Switch Software Administration Manual . The WFS709TP ...
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...control (MAC) processing, such as encryption and authentication, as well as centralized configuration and management of the WFS709TP 1-5 v1.0, June 2007 You can configure dedicated AMs to perform the following functions: • Detect, locate, and disable rogue APs (APs that bridges wireless client traffic to servicing wireless clients. WFS709TP ProSafe.... However, the more clients an AP services, the less time it services wireless clients. WFS709TP ProSafe Smart Wireless Switch Software Administration Manual You can function as either directly or remotely through an IP network...
...control (MAC) processing, such as encryption and authentication, as well as centralized configuration and management of the WFS709TP 1-5 v1.0, June 2007 You can configure dedicated AMs to perform the following functions: • Detect, locate, and disable rogue APs (APs that bridges wireless client traffic to servicing wireless clients. WFS709TP ProSafe.... However, the more clients an AP services, the less time it services wireless clients. WFS709TP ProSafe Smart Wireless Switch Software Administration Manual You can function as either directly or remotely through an IP network...
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... provide Power over Ethernet (PoE) to directly connected APs. An AP obtains its software from a local switch. WFS709TP ProSafe Smart Wireless Switch Software Administration Manual WFS709TP switches provide 10/100 Mbps Fast Ethernet, IEEE 802.3af-compliant ports that is the master switch ... operating power through the connected Ethernet cable. When you connect a PoE-capable port on page 2-6. 1-6 Overview of the WFS709TP v1.0, June 2007 A master WFS709TP offers a single point of traffic aggregation and management for APs and services. This allows APs to be instructed by a ...
... provide Power over Ethernet (PoE) to directly connected APs. An AP obtains its software from a local switch. WFS709TP ProSafe Smart Wireless Switch Software Administration Manual WFS709TP switches provide 10/100 Mbps Fast Ethernet, IEEE 802.3af-compliant ports that is the master switch ... operating power through the connected Ethernet cable. When you connect a PoE-capable port on page 2-6. 1-6 Overview of the WFS709TP v1.0, June 2007 A master WFS709TP offers a single point of traffic aggregation and management for APs and services. This allows APs to be instructed by a ...
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NETGEAR Wireless APs Local WFS709TP Master WFS709TP Local WFS709TP Figure 1-4 Your network can include one master WFS709TP, one or more backup master WFS709TPs, and any number of the WFS709TP 1-7 v1.0, June 2007 WFS709TP Software The WFS709TP ProSafe Smart Wireless Switch software is a suite of mobility applications that share roaming tables, security policies, and other configurations should be managed by the same master WFS709TP. Overview of local WFS709TPs. WFS709TP ProSafe Smart Wireless Switch...
NETGEAR Wireless APs Local WFS709TP Master WFS709TP Local WFS709TP Figure 1-4 Your network can include one master WFS709TP, one or more backup master WFS709TPs, and any number of the WFS709TP 1-7 v1.0, June 2007 WFS709TP Software The WFS709TP ProSafe Smart Wireless Switch software is a suite of mobility applications that share roaming tables, security policies, and other configurations should be managed by the same master WFS709TP. Overview of local WFS709TPs. WFS709TP ProSafe Smart Wireless Switch...
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...1-8 Overview of the WFS709TP v1.0, June 2007 However, you configure a WLAN in a WFS709TP system. The client's identity, in the form of the Media Access Control (MAC) address of the wireless adapter in the wireless client, is passed to the WFS709TP. Authentication A user must..., and user rights when you must authenticate to the system in order to access WLAN resources. WFS709TP ProSafe Smart Wireless Switch Software Administration Manual The base configuration software includes the following basic elements: • An SSID that require an external RADIUS authentication server. ...
...1-8 Overview of the WFS709TP v1.0, June 2007 However, you configure a WLAN in a WFS709TP system. The client's identity, in the form of the Media Access Control (MAC) address of the wireless adapter in the wireless client, is passed to the WFS709TP. Authentication A user must..., and user rights when you must authenticate to the system in order to access WLAN resources. WFS709TP ProSafe Smart Wireless Switch Software Administration Manual The base configuration software includes the following basic elements: • An SSID that require an external RADIUS authentication server. ...
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... with both the supplicant and the authentication server is not practical • WPA2. Note: During the authentication process, the supplicant (the wireless client) and the RADIUS authentication server negotiate the type of Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) they will use of keys that are dynamically generated...not support 802.1x. It is the 802.1x authenticator, relaying authentication requests between the authentication server and the supplicant. WFS709TP ProSafe Smart Wireless Switch Software Administration Manual • IEEE 802.1x. Overview of the IEEE 802.11i standard.
... with both the supplicant and the authentication server is not practical • WPA2. Note: During the authentication process, the supplicant (the wireless client) and the RADIUS authentication server negotiate the type of Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) they will use of keys that are dynamically generated...not support 802.1x. It is the 802.1x authenticator, relaying authentication requests between the authentication server and the supplicant. WFS709TP ProSafe Smart Wireless Switch Software Administration Manual • IEEE 802.1x. Overview of the IEEE 802.11i standard.
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.... 1-10 v1.0, June 2007 Overview of the WFS709TP This option allows the WFS709TP to be automatically derived for each client and on the WFS709TP. - No encryption is used and packets passing between the wireless client and WFS709TP are two forms of the 802.11 protocol..../AES-CCM allows you to manually enter the key for WPA and WPA-PSK authentication. • Advanced Encryption Standard (AES). WFS709TP ProSafe Smart Wireless Switch Software Administration Manual Encryption The Layer 2 encryption option you can specify AES-CCMP encryption with WPA2 or WPA2-PSK authentication. •...
.... 1-10 v1.0, June 2007 Overview of the WFS709TP This option allows the WFS709TP to be automatically derived for each client and on the WFS709TP. - No encryption is used and packets passing between the wireless client and WFS709TP are two forms of the 802.11 protocol..../AES-CCM allows you to manually enter the key for WPA and WPA-PSK authentication. • Advanced Encryption Standard (AES). WFS709TP ProSafe Smart Wireless Switch Software Administration Manual Encryption The Layer 2 encryption option you can specify AES-CCMP encryption with WPA2 or WPA2-PSK authentication. •...
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WFS709TP ProSafe Smart Wireless Switch Software Administration Manual VLAN Each authenticated user is placed into one VLAN and itinerant users, such as if the clients were directly connected to VLAN 20 on your network. Note: You create the VLANs for wireless users only on the WFS709TP; For example, in the topology shown in Figure 1-5, authenticated wireless... users are tunneled to the WFS709TP, it appears to group wireless users into a separate VLAN. ...
WFS709TP ProSafe Smart Wireless Switch Software Administration Manual VLAN Each authenticated user is placed into one VLAN and itinerant users, such as if the clients were directly connected to VLAN 20 on your network. Note: You create the VLANs for wireless users only on the WFS709TP; For example, in the topology shown in Figure 1-5, authenticated wireless... users are tunneled to the WFS709TP, it appears to group wireless users into a separate VLAN. ...
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... attributes SSID, BSSID (Basic Service Set Identifier), user MAC, location, and encryption type. VLAN 20 Floor Netgear AP Wiring closet Internet VLAN 20 Data center WFS709TP Figure 1-5 A user is assigned to a VLAN by one of several methods, and there is configured for... of the WFS709TP The VLAN is derived from lowest to highest precedence): 1. The VLAN is configured for an authentication method, such as 802.1x or VPN. 1-12 v1.0, June 2007 Overview of precedence to these methods.The methods for it. 3. WFS709TP ProSafe Smart Wireless Switch Software Administration Manual...
... attributes SSID, BSSID (Basic Service Set Identifier), user MAC, location, and encryption type. VLAN 20 Floor Netgear AP Wiring closet Internet VLAN 20 Data center WFS709TP Figure 1-5 A user is assigned to a VLAN by one of several methods, and there is configured for... of the WFS709TP The VLAN is derived from lowest to highest precedence): 1. The VLAN is configured for an authentication method, such as 802.1x or VPN. 1-12 v1.0, June 2007 Overview of precedence to these methods.The methods for it. 3. WFS709TP ProSafe Smart Wireless Switch Software Administration Manual...
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....11 standard. If a NETGEAR VSA is derived from Microsoft Tunnel attributes (Tunnel-Type, Tunnel Medium Type, and Tunnel Private Group ID). Overview of the radio network interface card (NIC) in a WFS709TP system. Along with the wired network and other wireless clients in the PC with based on the WLAN. WFS709TP ProSafe Smart Wireless Switch Software Administration Manual 4. Association...
....11 standard. If a NETGEAR VSA is derived from Microsoft Tunnel attributes (Tunnel-Type, Tunnel Medium Type, and Tunnel Private Group ID). Overview of the radio network interface card (NIC) in a WFS709TP system. Along with the wired network and other wireless clients in the PC with based on the WLAN. WFS709TP ProSafe Smart Wireless Switch Software Administration Manual 4. Association...
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... authentication process can require significant work in configuring an external authentication server and wireless client devices. Captive Portal Captive Portal allows a wireless client to authenticate using standard SSL encryption. WFS709TP ProSafe Smart Wireless Switch Software Administration Manual The client determines which means that user. The WFS709TP responds to client requests and communicates with the network, such as a Layer...
... authentication process can require significant work in configuring an external authentication server and wireless client devices. Captive Portal Captive Portal allows a wireless client to authenticate using standard SSL encryption. WFS709TP ProSafe Smart Wireless Switch Software Administration Manual The client determines which means that user. The WFS709TP responds to client requests and communicates with the network, such as a Layer...