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    Cis c o Small Busine s s W AP 4410N W ir eles s-N Ac ce s s P oint with P ower O ver Ethernet ADMINISTR A TION GUIDE[...]

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    © 2009 Cisco Syst ems , Inc. All rights r eser ved. OL - 19774-01 CCDE, CCSI, CCENT, Cisco Eos, Cisco HealthPresence, the Ci sco logo, Cisco Lumin, Cisco Nexus, Cisco Nurse Connect , Cisco Stackpower, Cisco StadiumVision, Cisco TelePresence, Cisco WebEx, DCE, and Welc ome to the Human Network are trademarks; Changing the Way We Wo rk, Live, Play, [...]

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    W AP 4410N Wir eless-N Acc ess Point with Power Over Int ernet iii Con te n ts About This Document vi Audience vi Organization vi Finding Information in PDF Files vii Finding Text in a PDF vii Finding Text in Multiple PDF Files viii Chapter 1: Introduction 1 Chapter 2: Planning Your Wireless Netwo rk 3 Network Topology 3 Roaming 3 Network Layout 4 [...]

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    W AP 4410N Wir eless-N Acc ess Point with Power O ver Int ernet iv Con te n ts Chapter 5: Setting Up the WA P4410N Wireless-N Access Point 14 Launching the Web-Based Co nfiguration Utility 14 Navigating the Utility 15 Setup 15 Wireless 15 AP Mode 16 Administration 16 Status 16 Chapter 6: Configuring the WAP4 410N Wireless-N Access Point 18 Setting [...]

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    W AP 4410N Wir eless-N Acc ess Point with Power Over Int ernet v Con te n ts Configuring St atus Settings 61 Checking Local Network Status 61 Checking the Wireless Status 63 Checking System Performance 64 Appendix A: Troubleshooting and Help 66 Frequently Asked Questions 66 Windows Help 72 TCP/IP 72 Shared Resources 73 Network Neighborhood/My Netwo[...]

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    Preface W AP 4410N Wir eless-N Acc ess Point with Power Over Int ernet vi Ab out This D o cument This guide des cribes the c oncepts and tasks nece ss ar y to install, configure, and manage the W AP 4410N Acc es s P oint . Audience The audience for this document includes wireless net work users , administrators, and managers. Organization This tabl[...]

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    Preface W AP 4410N Wir eless-N Acc ess Point with Power Over Int ernet vii Finding Information in PDF Files The W AP 4410N Acc ess Point documents are published as PDF files. The PDF F ind/Search t ool within Adobe ® Rea der ® lets you find inf ormation quickly and easily online. Y ou can p er f orm the f ollowing tasks : • Sear ch an individua[...]

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    Preface W AP 4410N Wir eless-N Acc ess Point with P ower Over Int ernet viii STEP 2 Optionally , click the arr ow next to the F ind t ext box t o refine y our search by choosing sp ecial options such as Whole W ords Only . STEP 3 Press Enter . STEP 4 Acrobat displays the first instance of the search te rm. STEP 5 Press Enter again t o continue to m[...]

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    Preface W AP 4410N Wir eless-N Acc ess Point with Power O ver Int ernet ix STEP 3 In the Sea rc h window , c omplete the f ollowing steps : a. Enter the t ext that you want t o find. b. Choos e All PDF Documents in . Fr om the drop-down box, cho ose Browse f or L ocation . Then cho ose the location on your computer or local net work , and click OK [...]

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    1 W AP 4410N Wir eless-N Acc ess Point with Power Over Int ernet 1 In tro duction Thank you f or cho osing the Cisco W AP 4410N W ireless-N Ac ces s P oint with Powe r over Ethernet . This acce ss p oint allows y ou to network wireles sly better than ever . An acc es s point allows f or great er range and mobilit y within y our wireles s network wh[...]

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    Intr o duction W AP 4410N Wir eless-N Acc ess Point with Power Over Int ernet 2 1 Use the instructions in this guid e t o help you connect the ac ces s point , set it up, and configure it t o bridge your dif f er ent networks . Thes e instructions should be all you need to get the most out of the acces s point .[...]

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    2 W AP 4410N Wir eless-N Acc ess Point with Power Over Int ernet 3 Planning Y our Wirele s s Net work Net work T op olo gy A wir eles s net work is a gr oup of computers, each e quipped with one or more wireless adapters. C omput ers in a wireless net work must be configured to share the same radio channel to talk t o each other . Several computers[...]

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    Planning Y our Wirele s s Net work Network Lay out W AP 4410N Wir eless-N Acc ess Point with Power Over Int ernet 4 2 Net work L a yout The W ireless-N Ac ces s P oint has be en designed f or use with 802. 11 n, 802. 11 g and 802. 11 b products. The acce ss point is c ompatible with 802. 11 n, 802. 11 g and 802. 11 b adapters, such as the notebook [...]

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    Planning Y our Wirele s s Net work Example o f a Simple W ir ele ss Ne t work W AP 4410N Wir eless-N Acc ess Point with Power Over Int ernet 5 2 The wir eles s acces s points are connecting to a Cisco swit ch that provides them with power . Each ac ces s point can connect mul tiple wir eles s devices to the network . This network provides connectiv[...]

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    3 W AP 4410N Wir eless-N Acc ess Point with Power Over Int ernet 6 Get ting to Know the Wirele s s-N Ac c e s s Point This chapter describe s the e x t ernal f eatures of the W AP 4410N Acce ss Point . F ron t Panel The acces s point’ s front pane l LEDs display inf ormation ab out network activity . POW ER LE D— (Gr een) Lights up and r emains[...]

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    Get ting to Know the Wir ele ss-N Ac c es s Point Back Pa nel W AP 4410N Wir eless-N Acc ess Point with Power Over Int ernet 7 3 B ack Panel The por ts of the acc ess p oint ar e located on the back panel of the switch. RESE T But ton — There ar e two ways t o r eset the acce ss point to the fact or y default configuration. Either press the Reset[...]

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    Get ting to Know the Wir ele ss-N Ac c es s Point Ant ennas and Positions W AP 4410N Wir eless-N Acc ess Point with Power Over Int ernet 8 3 Antennas and Po sitions The W AP 4410N Acc es s P oint has thr ee detachable 2dBi omni- directional antennas. Thes e ant ennas are lo cat ed on the back of the devic e. The thr e e ant ennas ha ve a base that [...]

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    4 W AP 4410N Wir eless-N Acc ess Point with Power Over Int ernet 9 C onne c ting the W AP 4410N A c c e s s Point This chapt er des cribes how to place and connect the W AP 4410N Acces s Point t o your network . Dependin g on your application, y ou might want to se t up the device first bef ore mounting it . Plac ement Options Y ou can plac e th e [...]

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    Conne cting the W AP 4410N Acc e ss Point Placement Options W AP 4410N Wir eless-N Acc ess Point with Power Over Int ernet 10 4 STEP 3 Place the wall-mount slots over the screws and slide the W AP 4410N Acce ss Point down until the screws fit snugly int o the wall-mount slots. Stand Option T o place the acce ss point ver tically in a stand, f ollow[...]

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    Conne cting the W AP 4410N Acc e ss Point Conne cti ng the W AP 4410N Ac ce ss Poin t to the Ne twork W AP 4410N Wir eless-N Acc ess Point with Power Over Int ernet 11 4 C onne cting the W AP 4410N Ac c e s s Point to the Net work Y ou can c onnect the W AP 4410N Acce ss Point t o your network in one of the fo l l o w i n g w a y s : • Using a Po[...]

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    Conne cting the W AP 4410N Acc e ss Point Conne cti ng the W AP 4410N Ac ce ss Poin t to the Ne twork W AP 4410N Wir eless-N Acc ess Point with Power Over Int ernet 12 4 Using a PoE Switch to C onne ct the W AP 4410N Ac c e ss Point to the Net work T o connect the W AP 4410N Ac ces s P oint to your network using a PoE swit ch, simply conne ct the E[...]

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    Conne cting the W AP 4410N Acc e ss Point Conne cti ng the W AP 4410N Ac ce ss Poin t to the Ne twork W AP 4410N Wir eless-N Acc ess Point with Power Over Int ernet 13 4 Using a Standard Switch to C onne ct the W AP 4410N Ac c e ss Point to the Net work T o connect the W AP 4410N Acces s Point t o your network using a standard swit ch, f ollow thes[...]

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    5 W AP 4410N Wir eless-N Acc ess Point with Power Over Int ernet 14 S et ting Up the W AP 4410N Wirele s s-N A c c e s s Point The W AP 4410N Acc es s P oint works rig ht out of the box with the default settings . However , y ou can change thes e set tings t o suit your needs by ac ces sing the acce ss point using a web-bas ed configuration utility[...]

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    Set ting Up the W AP 4410N Wireles s-N Acc e ss Point Naviga ting the Utilit y W AP 4410N Wir eless-N Acc ess Point with Power Over Int ernet 15 5 STEP 6 Click Lo g in . Na viga ting the Utilit y The web-b ased utilit y consists of the f ollowing main screens : • Setup • Wi rel e s s • Security Monit or • Administration • Status Se tu p T[...]

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    Set ting Up the W AP 4410N Wireles s-N Acc e ss Point Naviga ting the Utilit y W AP 4410N Wir eless-N Acc ess Point with Power Over Int ernet 16 5 • VL AN & QoS —C onfigur es the 802. 1Q VLAN and the Qualit y of Ser vice (QoS) set tings. • Advanc ed Wireles s Set tings —Configures the acce ss point’s mor e advance d wir eles s set tin[...]

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    Set ting Up the W AP 4410N Wireles s-N Acc e ss Point Naviga ting the Utilit y W AP 4410N Wir eless-N Acc ess Point with Power Over Int ernet 17 5 • System Per formanc e —Displa ys the cu rr ent traffic stat istics of this acc es s point f or both wireles s and LAN p ort s.[...]

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    6 W AP 4410N Wir eless-N Acc ess Point with Power Over Int ernet 18 C onfiguring the W AP 4410N Wirele s s-N Ac c e s s Point This chapter describe s how t o configure y our W AP 4410N Ac ces s P oint using the web-b ased c onfiguration utility . S et ting Up Y our A c c e s s Point This section de scribe s how t o configure the general set tings o[...]

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    Configuring the W AP 4410N Wireles s-N Ac ce ss Point Setting Up Y our Ac ce ss Poin t W AP 4410N Wir eless-N Acc ess Point with Power Over Int ernet 19 6 C onfiguring Ba sic Setup S et tings The Setup > B asic Setup page displays the general settings of the ac ces s point . Y ou can c onfigur e the f ollowing basic s etup set tings: • “Conf[...]

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    Configuring the W AP 4410N Wireles s-N Ac ce ss Point Setting Up Y our Ac ce ss Poin t W AP 4410N Wir eless-N Acc ess Point with Power Over Int ernet 20 6 Configuring D evic e Setup S ettings T o configure the device setup set tings of the acces s point , f ollow these st eps : STEP 1 Click S etup > B asic Setup . STEP 2 In the Device Setup se c[...]

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    Configuring the W AP 4410N Wireles s-N Ac ce ss Point Setting Up Y our Ac ce ss Poin t W AP 4410N Wir eless-N Acc ess Point with Power Over Int ernet 21 6 STEP 3 If you select Static IP Addres s fr om the IP S ettings drop- down menu, ent er the f ollowing inf ormation in the IP 4V section of the s creen: • IP Addre ss —Ent er a unique IP addre[...]

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    Configuring the W AP 4410N Wireles s-N Ac ce ss Point Setting Up Y our Ac ce ss Poin t W AP 4410N Wir eless-N Acc ess Point with Power Over Int ernet 22 6 C onfiguring Time Set tings The T i me screen displa ys the time set tings of the acc ess p oint . By set ting up the correct time, you can help y our net work administrat or search the syst em l[...]

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    Configuring the W AP 4410N Wireles s-N Ac ce ss Point Setting Up Y our Ac ce ss Poin t W AP 4410N Wir eless-N Acc ess Point with Power Over Int ernet 23 6 d. T o get the time from a local NTP ser ver , in the User Define d NTP Ser ver field, click Enabled. e. In the NTP S er ver IP field, enter the IP addr es s of the NTP ser ver . • Us er De fin[...]

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    Configuring the W AP 4410N Wireles s-N Ac ce ss Point Wi re l e s s W AP 4410N Wir eless-N Acc ess Point with Power Over Int ernet 24 6 T o configure the advanced setup set tings of the acce ss point , f ollow thes e st eps : STEP 1 Click Set up > Adv a nced . STEP 2 T o enable Bonjour , click Enable d . STEP 3 T o enable HTTP redir ect s etting[...]

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    Configuring the W AP 4410N Wireles s-N Ac ce ss Point Wi re l e s s W AP 4410N Wir eless-N Acc ess Point with Power Over Int ernet 25 6 C onfiguring B asic Set tings The Wir eles s > Basic Set tings page displays the basic wireless net work set tings . T o configure the basic at tribut e s f or this ac ces s point , f ollow these steps : STEP 1 [...]

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    Configuring the W AP 4410N Wireles s-N Ac ce ss Point Wi re l e s s W AP 4410N Wir eless-N Acc ess Point with Power Over Int ernet 26 6 STEP 3 Fr om the Wir eles s Channel drop-down menu, sele ct the appr opriate channel t o be used among your acces s point and client devices . The default is channel 6. Y ou can als o select Auto fr om the Wir eles[...]

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    Configuring the W AP 4410N Wireles s-N Ac ce ss Point Wi re l e s s W AP 4410N Wir eless-N Acc ess Point with Power Over Int ernet 27 6 C onfiguring Se curit y The Wir eles s > Securit y page displa ys the wireless se curity s ettings of the ac ces s poin t . T o configure the wir eles s securit y settings of the ac ces s point , f ollow thes e [...]

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    Configuring the W AP 4410N Wireles s-N Ac ce ss Point Wi re l e s s W AP 4410N Wir eless-N Acc ess Point with Power Over Int ernet 28 6 STEP 4 T o enable wir eles s securit y , from the Security Mo de dr op- down menu, select one of the f ollowing securit y modes and provide the r equired inf ormation, as describ ed in the se ctions below . • WP [...]

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    Configuring the W AP 4410N Wireles s-N Ac ce ss Point Wi re l e s s W AP 4410N Wir eless-N Acc ess Point with Power Over Int ernet 29 6 Configuring W AP -Person al Se curit y W i-Fi Prot ected Acce ss ( WP A) P ers onal (W AP -Personal) is a security standard stro nger than WEP encr yption and f or ward compatible with IEEE 802. 11 e. WP A- Pe rson[...]

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    Configuring the W AP 4410N Wireles s-N Ac ce ss Point Wi re l e s s W AP 4410N Wir eless-N Acc ess Point with Power Over Int ernet 30 6 Configuring W AP2-Pers onal S ecurit y This securit y mode suppor ts the WP A 2-P ersonal prot ocol. T o enable wir eles s WP A 2-Personal securit y , f ollow the se steps: STEP 1 Click Wireles s > Sec u ri ty .[...]

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    Configuring the W AP 4410N Wireles s-N Ac ce ss Point Wi re l e s s W AP 4410N Wir eless-N Acc ess Point with Power Over Int ernet 31 6 Configuring WP A2-Pers onal Mixe d Se curit y This securit y mode suppor ts the transition fr om WP A-P ersonal to WP A 2-Personal. Y ou can have client devices that use eith er WP A-Pe rsonal or WP A 2-Personal. T[...]

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    Configuring the W AP 4410N Wireles s-N Ac ce ss Point Wi re l e s s W AP 4410N Wir eless-N Acc ess Point with Power Over Int ernet 32 6 Configuring WP A-Enterpris e Se curit y The WP A-Ente rpris e mode f eatures WP A us ed in coordination with a R ADIUS ser ver f or client authentication. ! CAU TI O N Use this mode only when a R ADIUS ser ver is c[...]

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    Configuring the W AP 4410N Wireles s-N Ac ce ss Point Wi re l e s s W AP 4410N Wir eless-N Acc ess Point with Power Over Int ernet 33 6 • Primar y /B acku p Shared S ecret —Ent er the Shared Secret k ey use d by the acce ss p oint and R ADIUS ser ver . The backup Radius ser ver is us ed only if the primar y ser ver is una vailable. • WP A Alg[...]

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    Configuring the W AP 4410N Wireles s-N Ac ce ss Point Wi re l e s s W AP 4410N Wir eless-N Acc ess Point with Power Over Int ernet 34 6 STEP 1 Click Wireles s > Sec u ri ty . STEP 2 Fr om the Securit y Mode drop-down menu, select WP A 2-Enterprise. STEP 3 T o enable wir eles s isolation within the S SID , click En abled . STEP 4 Provide the f ol[...]

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    Configuring the W AP 4410N Wireles s-N Ac ce ss Point Wi re l e s s W AP 4410N Wir eless-N Acc ess Point with Power Over Int ernet 35 6 Configuring WP A2-Enterpris e Mixed S ecurit y This securit y mode suppor ts the transition from WP A-Enterprise t o WP A 2- Enterprise. Y ou can have client devices that use either WP A-Enterprise or WP A 2- Enter[...]

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    Configuring the W AP 4410N Wireles s-N Ac ce ss Point Wi re l e s s W AP 4410N Wir eless-N Acc ess Point with Power Over Int ernet 36 6 STEP 4 Provide the f ollowing inf ormation: • Primar y/Backup R ADIUS S er ver —Enter the IP address of the R ADIUS ser ver . The Backup Radius ser ver is used only if the primar y s er ver is unavailable. • [...]

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    Configuring the W AP 4410N Wireles s-N Ac ce ss Point Wi re l e s s W AP 4410N Wir eless-N Acc ess Point with Power Over Int ernet 37 6 Configuring R ADIUS S e curit y This option f eatur es a R ADIUS ser ver f or client authentication. ! CAU TI O N Use this mode only when a R ADIUS ser ver is connected to the acce ss point . T o enable wir eles s [...]

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    Configuring the W AP 4410N Wireles s-N Ac ce ss Point Wi re l e s s W AP 4410N Wir eless-N Acc ess Point with Power Over Int ernet 38 6 STEP 4 Provide the f ollowing inf ormation: • Primar y/Backup R ADIUS S er ver —Enter the IP address of the R ADIUS ser ver . The Backup Radius ser ver is used only if the primar y s er ver is unavailable. • [...]

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    Configuring the W AP 4410N Wireles s-N Ac ce ss Point Wi re l e s s W AP 4410N Wir eless-N Acc ess Point with Power Over Int ernet 39 6 T o enable wir eles s Wir ed Equivalent Privacy (WEP) se curity , f ollow these steps : STEP 1 Click Wireles s > Sec u ri ty . STEP 2 Fr om the Securit y Mode drop-down menu, select WEP . STEP 3 T o enable wir e[...]

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    Configuring the W AP 4410N Wireles s-N Ac ce ss Point Wi re l e s s W AP 4410N Wir eless-N Acc ess Point with Power Over Int ernet 40 6 Disabling C onne ction Control Y ou can us e the W ireless > Conne ction Control Settings page to disable connection c ontr ol. . T o disable wir eles s connection control f or your acces s point , f ollow these[...]

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    Configuring the W AP 4410N Wireles s-N Ac ce ss Point Wi re l e s s W AP 4410N Wir eless-N Acc ess Point with Power Over Int ernet 41 6 Enabling Lo c al Conne ction C ontrol T o enable local conne ction contr ol f or your acce ss poin t , f o llow these steps: STEP 1 Click Wi r el ess > Co nn ect i on Con tr ol . STEP 2 Click Lo cal . Ther e are[...]

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    Configuring the W AP 4410N Wireles s-N Ac ce ss Point Wi re l e s s W AP 4410N Wir eless-N Acc ess Point with Power Over Int ernet 42 6 Enabling R ADIUS C onnec tion Co n trol T o enable R ADIUS conne ction control f or your acce ss p oint , f ollow these steps : STEP 1 Click Wi r el ess > Co nn ect i on Con tr ol . STEP 2 Click RAD I U S . STEP[...]

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    Configuring the W AP 4410N Wireles s-N Ac ce ss Point Wi re l e s s W AP 4410N Wir eless-N Acc ess Point with Power Over Int ernet 43 6 STEP 4 Click Sa ve . C onfiguring Wi-F i Protec ted S etup The Wir eles s > W i-Fi Pr otect e d Setup page allows you t o configure the W i-Fi Prot ected Setup ( WPS) sett ings f or the acces s point . WPS was d[...]

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    Configuring the W AP 4410N Wireles s-N Ac ce ss Point Wi re l e s s W AP 4410N Wir eless-N Acc ess Point with Power Over Int ernet 44 6 STEP 3 Click Sa ve . C onfiguring VL AN & Q oS This W ireles s > VLAN & QoS page allows you t o co nfigur e the Qos and VL AN set tings f or the acce ss p oint . The Quality of S er vice (QoS) f eature a[...]

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    Configuring the W AP 4410N Wireles s-N Ac ce ss Point Wi re l e s s W AP 4410N Wir eless-N Acc ess Point with Power Over Int ernet 45 6 T o c o n f i g ur e t he w i re l e s s V L A N a nd Q o S s e t t i n g s o f th e a c c e s s p o i nt , fo l l ow t h e s e st eps : STEP 1 Click Wireles s > VL AN & Q oS . STEP 2 T o configure VLAN set [...]

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    Configuring the W AP 4410N Wireles s-N Ac ce ss Point Wi re l e s s W AP 4410N Wir eless-N Acc ess Point with Power Over Int ernet 46 6 C onfiguring Advance d S et tings The Wir eles s > Advance d page allows yo u t o configure the advanced and load balancing set tings f or the acce ss p oint . The Wir eles s-N adopts several new paramet ers to [...]

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    Configuring the W AP 4410N Wireles s-N Ac ce ss Point Wi re l e s s W AP 4410N Wir eless-N Acc ess Point with Power Over Int ernet 47 6 • Channel B andwidth —Select the channel bandwidth f or Wir eles s-N connections . If you choose 20MHz , only the 20MHz channel is used. If you choos e 40MHz , Wir eles s-N connections use the 40MHz channel, bu[...]

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    Configuring the W AP 4410N Wireles s-N Ac ce ss Point Wi re l e s s W AP 4410N Wir eless-N Acc ess Point with Power Over Int ernet 48 6 STEP 3 In the L oad Balancing s ection, configur e the f ollowing advanced parameters f o r this acc ess p oint: • Lo ad B alancing —Enable this f eatur e to spr ead work between t wo or mor e acces s points t [...]

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    Configuring the W AP 4410N Wireles s-N Ac ce ss Point Configuring the AP Mode W AP 4410N Wir eless-N Acc ess Point with Power Over Int ernet 49 6 C onfiguring the AP Mo de The AP Mode > AP Mo de Settings page displays the AP mode s ettings f or the access po int .[...]

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    Configuring the W AP 4410N Wireles s-N Ac ce ss Point Configuring the AP Mode W AP 4410N Wir eless-N Acc ess Point with Power Over Int ernet 50 6 T o configure the AP mode of the acce ss point , f ollow these steps : STEP 1 Click AP Mo de > AP Mode . STEP 2 Configure the AP Mode set tings. • Acce ss poin t— Select this option to let the devi[...]

  • Page 60

    Configuring the W AP 4410N Wireles s-N Ac ce ss Point Administr a tion W AP 4410N Wir eless-N Acc ess Point with Power Over Int ernet 51 6 • Wireles s Monitor —Allows the acce ss point to detect unauthorized (rogue) acce ss p oints on your network . - No Se curit y —Che ck this check box t o identify any acces s point operating with se curity[...]

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    Configuring the W AP 4410N Wireles s-N Ac ce ss Point Administr a tion W AP 4410N Wir eless-N Acc ess Point with Power Over Int ernet 52 6 C onfiguring Administra tion S et tings The Administration > Management page allows you t o configure the password, W eb Acce ss , and SNMP set tings. Y ou should change the username/pas swor d that controls [...]

  • Page 62

    Configuring the W AP 4410N Wireles s-N Ac ce ss Point Administr a tion W AP 4410N Wir eless-N Acc ess Point with Power Over Int ernet 53 6 • Web A c c e s s — Enable HT TPS t o increase the securit y on acces sing the web-b ased utilit y . Onc e enabled, users need to use http s:// when acc ess ing the W eb- base d Utilit y . - W e b H T TP S A[...]

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    Configuring the W AP 4410N Wireles s-N Ac ce ss Point Administr a tion W AP 4410N Wir eless-N Acc ess Point with Power Over Int ernet 54 6 STEP 3 Click Sa ve . C onfiguring Administra tion Lo g The Administration > L og page c onfigur es the lo g set tings and provides aler ts f or par ticular events. T o configure the log sett ings of the acces[...]

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    Configuring the W AP 4410N Wireles s-N Ac ce ss Point Administr a tion W AP 4410N Wir eless-N Acc ess Point with Power Over Int ernet 55 6 - E-Mail Addres s for Logs —Enter the e-mail addr es s that will receive logs . - Lo g Queue Length —Enter the length of the log that will be e-mailed to you. The default is 20 entries. - Lo g Time Thre shol[...]

  • Page 65

    Configuring the W AP 4410N Wireles s-N Ac ce ss Point Administr a tion W AP 4410N Wir eless-N Acc ess Point with Power Over Int ernet 56 6 Diagno sing Ac c e ss Point Problems The Administration > Diagnostic s page allows y ou to use the acce ss po int t o per f orm a ping. The activity can be us eful in solving network problems . T o per f orm [...]

  • Page 66

    Configuring the W AP 4410N Wireles s-N Ac ce ss Point Administr a tion W AP 4410N Wir eless-N Acc ess Point with Power Over Int ernet 57 6 Re storing F actor y D efault S et tings The Administration > F actory D efault page allows y ou to r estor e the acce ss p oint’ s fac tor y def aul t s et ti ngs . T o r estor e fact or y default set ting[...]

  • Page 67

    Configuring the W AP 4410N Wireles s-N Ac ce ss Point Administr a tion W AP 4410N Wir eless-N Acc ess Point with Power Over Int ernet 58 6 Up grading the F irmware The Administrati on > Firm war e Upgrade pa ge allows you t o upgrade the ac ces s point’ s firmwar e. ! CAU TI O N Do not upgrade the firm ware unless you are e xperiencing problem[...]

  • Page 68

    Configuring the W AP 4410N Wireles s-N Ac ce ss Point Administr a tion W AP 4410N Wir eless-N Acc ess Point with Power Over Int ernet 59 6 STEP 2 Upgrade the acc es s point’ s firmwar e: a. Downlo ad the firmwar e upgrade file from: w ww .cisco.c om/ en/US/products/ps 10052/index.html b. Extract the firmwar e upgrade file. c. Click Administration[...]

  • Page 69

    Configuring the W AP 4410N Wireles s-N Ac ce ss Point Administr a tion W AP 4410N Wir eless-N Acc ess Point with Power Over Int ernet 60 6 T o r ebo ot the acce ss point , f ollow these steps: STEP 1 Click Administration > Rebo ot . STEP 2 In the Device Reboot field, click Ye s . STEP 3 Click Sa ve . Managing the Ac c e ss Point’ s C onfigura [...]

  • Page 70

    Configuring the W AP 4410N Wireles s-N Ac ce ss Point Configuring Sta tus Settings W AP 4410N Wir eless-N Acc ess Point with Power Over Int ernet 61 6 T o manage the configuration f or the acc ess p oint , f ollow thes e st eps : STEP 1 Click Admin istra tion > Co nfig Management . STEP 2 T o cr eate a backup c onfiguration file, click Save Conf[...]

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    Configuring the W AP 4410N Wireles s-N Ac ce ss Point Configuring Sta tus Settings W AP 4410N Wir eless-N Acc ess Point with Power Over Int ernet 62 6 T o check local net work status, fo llow these steps : STEP 1 Click Status > Local Net work . This page displays the status inf ormation of your acces s point : • Information - Hard wa re Versi [...]

  • Page 72

    Configuring the W AP 4410N Wireles s-N Ac ce ss Point Configuring Sta tus Settings W AP 4410N Wir eless-N Acc ess Point with Power Over Int ernet 63 6 Che cking the Wirele ss St a tus The Status > W ireles s page displa ys the acc es s point’ s current status inf ormation f or the wir eles s network . T o check wir eles s network status of the[...]

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    Configuring the W AP 4410N Wireles s-N Ac ce ss Point Configuring Sta tus Settings W AP 4410N Wir eless-N Acc ess Point with Power Over Int ernet 64 6 STEP 2 T o update the wir eles s status inf ormation, click Refresh . Che cking System Per formance The Status > Syst em P er f ormance page displa ys the acce ss p oint’ s status inf ormation f[...]

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    Configuring the W AP 4410N Wireles s-N Ac ce ss Point Configuring Sta tus Settings W AP 4410N Wir eless-N Acc ess Point with Power Over Int ernet 65 6 - Pack ets S ent — The numb er of pack ets sent . - By tes Re c eived — The number of by tes received. - By tes S ent — The number of by tes sent . - Error Pack ets Rec eive d — The number of[...]

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    A W AP 4410N Wir eless-N Acc ess Point with Power Over Int ernet 66 T rouble sho oting and Help This appendix provides solut ions t o problems that might occur during the installation and operation of the W A P 4410N Acce ss Point . Read the descriptions b elow t o help solv e your pr oblems . If y ou can't find an answer here , check the Cisc[...]

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    T roublesho oting and Help W AP 4410N Wir eless-N Acc ess Point with Power Over Int ernet 67 A standard stat es a maximum data transf er rat e of 11Mbps and an oper ating frequency of 2.4 GHz. Q. What is the IEEE 802. 11 g standard? It is one of the IEEE standar ds f or wir eles s networks . The 802. 11 g standar d allows wire les s networking hard[...]

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    T roublesho oting and Help W AP 4410N Wir eless-N Acc ess Point with Power Over Int ernet 68 A • Po wer Management Q. What IP v6 f eatur es are suppor t ed? The W AP 4410N Acc ess P oint suppor ts the f ollowing IP v6 functions: • Path MTU discover y (RFC 1981 ) • Int ernet Prot oc ol v6 -IPv 6 (RF C2460) • IP v6 Neighbor Discover y (ND) (R[...]

  • Page 78

    T roublesho oting and Help W AP 4410N Wir eless-N Acc ess Point with Power Over Int ernet 69 A Q. What is roaming? Roaming is the ability of a por table c omput er user to communicat e continuously while moving freely throughout an ar ea great er than that c over ed by a single access po int . Bef ore using the r oaming function, the workstation mu[...]

  • Page 79

    T roublesho oting and Help W AP 4410N Wir eless-N Acc ess Point with Power Over Int ernet 70 A Q. What is Spr ead Spe ctrum? Spr ead Spe ctrum t echnology is a wideban d radio fr equency technique developed by the militar y f or use in reliable, se cur e, mis sion-critical communications systems. It is designe d t o trade off b andwidth efficiency [...]

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    T roublesho oting and Help W AP 4410N Wir eless-N Acc ess Point with Power Over Int ernet 71 A Q. What is WEP ? WEP is Wir ed Equivalent Privacy , a data privacy mechanism based on a 40 -bit shared-k ey algorithm, as describe d in the IEEE 802. 11 standard. Q. What is a MAC Addr es s ? The Media Ac ces s Control (MA C) address is a unique numb er a[...]

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    T roublesho oting and Help W AP 4410N Wir eless-N Acc ess Point with Power Over Int ernet 72 A Q. What is the maximum number of us ers the acces s point can handle ? No more than 63, but this depends on the volume of data and ma y be f ewer if many users cr eat e a large am ount of network traffic. Q. How do I configure multiple W AP 4410N acc es s[...]

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    T roublesho oting and Help W AP 4410N Wir eless-N Acc ess Point with Power Over Int ernet 73 A Share d Re sourc e s If you wish t o shar e printers, f older , or files over your network , Windo ws Help pr ovide s complete instructions on utilizing shared r es our ce s. Net work Neighb orho od/My Net work Plac e s Other P Cs on your network will app[...]

  • Page 83

    B W AP 4410N Wir eless-N Acc ess Point with Power Over Int ernet 74 Wir ele s s S e curit y This appendix lists saf et y pr ecautions that you should keep in mind when setting up or using your wir eles s network . S e curit y Prec autions The f ollowing is a list of security precau ti on s to ta ke to prote c t y ou r w ire le s s network : • C h[...]

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    Wireles s Se curit y W AP 4410N Wir eless-N Acc ess Point with Power Over Int ernet 75 B Protec ting Y our Net work W ireless net works ar e easy to find. Hacker s know that to join a wir eles s network , wireless net working pr oducts first listen f or “beacon me ssage s.” Thes e mes sages can be easily decr ypted and contain much of the netwo[...]

  • Page 85

    Wireles s Se curit y W AP 4410N Wir eless-N Acc ess Point with Power Over Int ernet 76 B • MA C Ad dr esses. Enable MAC addr es s filtering. MA C address filtering allows you t o provide acc ess to only those wireles s nodes with c er tain MAC addr es ses . This makes it har der f or a hack er to acces s your network with a random MAC address . ?[...]

  • Page 86

    C W AP 4410N Wir eless-N Acc ess Point with Power Over Int ernet 77 Up grading F irm ware The Administration > F irmwar e Upgrade page allows you to upgrade the acces s poin t’ s fir mw ar e. ! CAUT IO N Do not upgrade the firmware unless you are e xperiencing problems with the acce ss p oint or the new firm ware has a f eature y ou want to us[...]

  • Page 87

    Upgrading Firmwar e W AP 4410N Wir eless-N Acc ess Point with Power Over Int ernet 78 C T o upgrade the firmwar e of the acc ess p oint , f ollow these steps: STEP 1 Back up the configuration s ettings of your acce ss po ints ( see “Managing the Acce ss Point’ s C onfiguration ” on page 60 ). STEP 2 Upgrade the acc es s point’ s firmwar e: [...]

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    D W AP 4410N Wir eless-N Acc ess Point with Power Over Int ernet 79 Sp e cific a tions This appendix details the specifications of the Cis co W AP 4410N Wir eles s-N Acces s Point w ith Power Over Ethernet. W AP 4410N Spe cifications Mo del W AP 4410N Standards Draft IEEE802. 11 n, IEEE802. 11 g, IEEE802. 11 b, IEEE802.3, IEEE802.3u, IEEE802.3af (P[...]

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    Spe cifications W AP 4410N Wir eless-N Acc ess Point with Power Over Int ernet 80 D Multiple B SSID Suppor ts up to 4 BS SIDs allowing cr eating of multiple virtual acc ess p oints VL ANs Suppor ts 802. 1 q - up t o 4 VLANs SSID to VL AN map pin g Suppor ts mapping of SS IDs to VL ANs t o securely separate work groups acr os s wir eles s and wir ed[...]

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    Spe cifications W AP 4410N Wir eless-N Acc ess Point with Power Over Int ernet 81 D Rogue AP D etec tion New acces s points detected, which hav e not be en categorized as known, ar e logge d as rogue acces s points . This allows the administrator to contr ol unapproved devices in the net work . QoS 4 queues, 802. 1 p VL AN priority , WMM Wir eless [...]

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    E W AP 4410N Wir eless-N Acc ess Point with Power Over Int ernet 82 Wher e to Go F rom Her e Cisco provides a wide range of r es our ce s t o help you and your cust omer obtain the full benefits of the Cisc o W AP 4410N W ireles s-N Acces s P oint with Power Over Ethernet. Produc t Re s ource s Res ource Lo cation T echnical Docum enta tio n www.ci[...]

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    Where to Go F rom Here W AP 4410N Wir eless-N Acc ess Point with Power Over Int ernet 83 E Rela te d D o cumenta tion F or hard ware setup f or the Cisco W AP 4410N ac ces s point , see the Ci s co Small B u s i n ess M od el W A P 44 1 0 N W i r e l ess -N A c ce ss P o i n t w i th P o we r Ov e r E t he rn e t Quic k S ta r t Gui de .[...]