You need to configure and maintain WLAN features and functions in different profiles. These WLAN profiles include regulatory domain profile, radio profile, VAP profile, AP system profile, AP wired port profile, WIDS profile, WDS profile, and Mesh profile. When configuring WLAN services, you need to set related parameters in the WLAN profiles and bind the profiles to the AP group or APs. Then the configuration is automatically delivered to and takes effect on the APs. WLAN profiles can reference one another; therefore, you need to know the relationships among the profiles before configuring them. For details about the profile relationships and their basic configuration procedure, see WLAN Service Configuration Procedure.
As shown in Figure 1, enterprise users can access the Internet through the WLAN to meet the basic requirement of mobile office.
Video conference multicast sources are deployed on the WLAN to specially provide video conference services. The multicast source IP address ranges from 225.1.1.1 to 225.1.1.5. The administrator wants to configure multicast connection admission control (CAC) based on multicast bandwidth to deny access of employees when the multicast bandwidth reaches the upper limit, ensuring access quality of video conferences.
Configure basic WLAN services to ensure that users can access the WLAN.
Configure the multicast-to-unicast function to convert multicast data packets to unicast data packets, improving multicast data transmission efficiency.
Configure multicast CAC based on the multicast bandwidth to control access of multicast users.
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DHCP server |
The AC functions as a DHCP server to assign IP addresses to STAs and APs. |
IP address pool for APs |
10.23.100.2-10.23.100.254/24 |
IP address pool for STAs |
10.23.101.2-10.23.101.254/24 |
AC's source interface address |
VLANIF 100: 10.23.100.1/24 |
AP group |
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Regulatory domain profile |
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SSID profile |
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Security profile |
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VAP profile |
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IP address segment of multicast groups |
225.1.1.1-225.1.1.5 |
Traffic profile |
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AP system profile |
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Configure port isolation on the interfaces of the device directly connected to APs. If port isolation is not configured and direct forwarding is used, a large number of unnecessary broadcast packets may be generated in the VLAN, blocking the network and degrading user experience.
In tunnel forwarding mode, the management VLAN and service VLAN cannot be the same. Only packets from the management VLAN are transmitted between the AC and APs. Packets from the service VLAN are not allowed between the AC and APs.
<HUAWEI> system-view [HUAWEI] authentication unified-mode
If the NAC mode is changed from traditional to unified, the unified mode takes effect after you save the configuration and restart the device.
# Add GE0/0/1 that connects SwitchA to the AP to management VLAN 100 and add GE0/0/2 that connects SwitchA to the AC to the same VLAN.
<HUAWEI> system-view [HUAWEI] sysname SwitchA [SwitchA] vlan batch 100 [SwitchA] interface gigabitethernet 0/0/1 [SwitchA-GigabitEthernet0/0/1] port link-type trunk [SwitchA-GigabitEthernet0/0/1] port trunk pvid vlan 100 [SwitchA-GigabitEthernet0/0/1] port trunk allow-pass vlan 100 [SwitchA-GigabitEthernet0/0/1] quit [SwitchA] interface gigabitethernet 0/0/2 [SwitchA-GigabitEthernet0/0/2] port link-type trunk [SwitchA-GigabitEthernet0/0/2] port trunk allow-pass vlan 100 [SwitchA-GigabitEthernet0/0/2] quit
# Add GE0/0/1 that connects the AC to SwitchA to VLAN 100.
[HUAWEI] sysname AC [AC] vlan batch 100 101 [AC] interface gigabitethernet 0/0/1 [AC-GigabitEthernet0/0/1] port link-type trunk [AC-GigabitEthernet0/0/1] port trunk allow-pass vlan 100 [AC-GigabitEthernet0/0/1] quit
Configure AC uplink interfaces to transparently transmit packets of service VLANs as required and communicate with the upstream device.
# Add AC uplink interface GE0/0/2 to service VLAN 101.
[AC] interface gigabitethernet 0/0/2 [AC-GigabitEthernet0/0/2] port link-type trunk [AC-GigabitEthernet0/0/2] port trunk allow-pass vlan 101 [AC-GigabitEthernet0/0/2] quit
# Configure the AC as the DHCP server to allocate an IP address to the AP from the IP address pool on VLANIF 100, and allocate IP addresses to STAs from the IP address pool on VLANIF 101.
[AC] dhcp enable [AC] interface vlanif 100 [AC-Vlanif100] ip address 10.23.100.1 24 [AC-Vlanif100] dhcp select interface [AC-Vlanif100] quit [AC] interface vlanif 101 [AC-Vlanif101] ip address 10.23.101.1 24 [AC-Vlanif101] dhcp select interface [AC-Vlanif101] quit
# Create an AP group and add the AP to the AP group.
[AC] wlan [AC-wlan-view] ap-group name ap-group1 [AC-wlan-ap-group-ap-group1] quit
# Create a regulatory domain profile, configure the AC country code in the profile, and apply the profile to the AP group.
[AC-wlan-view] regulatory-domain-profile name domain1 [AC-wlan-regulate-domain-domain1] country-code cn [AC-wlan-regulate-domain-domain1] quit [AC-wlan-view] ap-group name ap-group1 [AC-wlan-ap-group-ap-group1] regulatory-domain-profile domain1 Warning: Modifying the country code will clear channel, power and antenna gain configurations of the radio and reset the AP. Continue?[Y/N]:y [AC-wlan-ap-group-ap-group1] quit [AC-wlan-view] quit
# Configure the AC's source interface.
[AC] capwap source interface vlanif 100
The default AP authentication mode is MAC address authentication. If the default settings are retained, you do not need to run the ap auth-mode mac-auth command.
In this example, the AP5030DN is used and has two radios: radio 0 (2.4 GHz radio) and radio 1 (5 GHz radio).
[AC] wlan [AC-wlan-view] ap auth-mode mac-auth [AC-wlan-view] ap-id 0 ap-mac 60de-4476-e360 [AC-wlan-ap-0] ap-name area_1 Warning: This operation may cause AP reset. Continue? [Y/N]:y [AC-wlan-ap-0] ap-group ap-group1 Warning: This operation may cause AP reset. If the country code changes, it will clear channel, power and antenna gain configuration s of the radio, Whether to continue? [Y/N]:y [AC-wlan-ap-0] quit
# After the AP is powered on, run the display ap all command to check the AP state. If the State field is displayed as nor, the AP goes online normally.
[AC-wlan-view] display ap all
Total AP information: nor : normal [1] Extrainfo : Extra information P : insufficient power supply -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ID MAC Name Group IP Type State STA Uptime ExtraInfo -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 60de-4476-e360 area_1 ap-group1 10.23.100.254 AP5030DN nor 0 10S - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total: 1
In this example, the security policy is set to WPA2+PSK+AES and password to a1234567. In actual situations, the security policy must be configured according to service requirements.
[AC-wlan-view] security-profile name wlan-security [AC-wlan-sec-prof-wlan-security] security wpa2 psk pass-phrase a1234567 aes [AC-wlan-sec-prof-wlan-security] quit
# Create SSID profile wlan-ssid and set the SSID name to wlan-net.
[AC-wlan-view] ssid-profile name wlan-ssid [AC-wlan-ssid-prof-wlan-ssid] ssid wlan-net [AC-wlan-ssid-prof-wlan-ssid] quit
# Create VAP profile wlan-vap, set the data forwarding mode and service VLAN, and apply the security profile and SSID profile to the VAP profile.
[AC-wlan-view] vap-profile name wlan-vap [AC-wlan-vap-prof-wlan-vap] forward-mode tunnel [AC-wlan-vap-prof-wlan-vap] service-vlan vlan-id 101 [AC-wlan-vap-prof-wlan-vap] security-profile wlan-security [AC-wlan-vap-prof-wlan-vap] ssid-profile wlan-ssid [AC-wlan-vap-prof-wlan-vap] quit
# Bind VAP profile wlan-vap to the AP group and apply the profile to radio 0 and radio 1 of the AP.
[AC-wlan-view] ap-group name ap-group1 [AC-wlan-ap-group-ap-group1] vap-profile wlan-vap wlan 1 radio all [AC-wlan-ap-group-ap-group1] quit
Automatic channel and power calibration functions are enabled by default. The manual channel and power configurations take effect only when these two functions are disabled. The channel and power configuration for the AP radios in this example is for reference only. In actual scenarios, configure channels and power for AP radios based on country codes of APs and network planning results.
[AC-wlan-view] ap-id 0
[AC-wlan-ap-0] radio 0
[AC-wlan-radio-0/0] calibrate auto-channel-select disable
[AC-wlan-radio-0/0] calibrate auto-txpower-select disable
[AC-wlan-radio-0/0] channel 20mhz 6
Warning: This action may cause service interruption. Continue?[Y/N]y
[AC-wlan-radio-0/0] eirp 127
[AC-wlan-radio-0/0] quit
[AC-wlan-ap-0] radio 1
[AC-wlan-radio-0/1] calibrate auto-channel-select disable
[AC-wlan-radio-0/1] calibrate auto-txpower-select disable
[AC-wlan-radio-0/1] channel 20mhz 149
Warning: This action may cause service interruption. Continue?[Y/N]y
[AC-wlan-radio-0/1] eirp 127
[AC-wlan-radio-0/1] quit
[AC-wlan-ap-0] quit
[AC-wlan-view] traffic-profile name wlan-traffic [AC-wlan-traffic-prof-wlan-traffic] igmp-snooping enable [AC-wlan-traffic-prof-wlan-traffic] traffic-optimize multicast-unicast enable
# Configure the maximum multicast bandwidth to 40960 kbit/s for a VAP.
[AC-wlan-traffic-prof-wlan-traffic] igmp-snooping max-bandwidth 40960 [AC-wlan-traffic-prof-wlan-traffic] quit
# Bind traffic profile wlan-traffic to VAP profile wlan-vap.
[AC-wlan-view] vap-profile name wlan-vap
[AC-wlan-vap-prof-wlan-vap] traffic-profile wlan-traffic
Warning: This action may cause service interruption. Continue?[Y/N]y
[AC-wlan-vap-prof-wlan-vap] quit
# Create AP system profile ap-system and configure the bandwidth to 2048 kbit/s for the IP address segment of multicast groups ranging from 225.1.1.1 to 225.1.1.5.
[AC-wlan-view] ap-system-profile name ap-system [AC-wlan-ap-system-prof-ap-system] igmp-snooping group-bandwidth start-group-address 225.1.1.1 end-group-address 225.1.1.5 bandwidth 2048 [AC-wlan-ap-system-prof-ap-system] quit
# Bind AP system profile ap-system to AP group ap-group1.
[AC-wlan-view] ap-group name ap-group1 [AC-wlan-ap-group-ap-group1] ap-system-profile ap-system [AC-wlan-ap-group-ap-group1] quit
Run the display wlan igmp-snooping vap-cac command on the AC to check the multicast CAC configuration and statistics on the VAP. When the difference between the CurBw and MaxBw values is smaller than the configured bandwidth of a multicast group, new users cannot join the multicast group.
[AC-wlan-view] display wlan igmp-snooping vap-cac ap-id 0 Info: This operation may take a few seconds, please wait.done. Rf : Radio ID WID : WLAN ID CurBw : Current bandwidth(kbps) MaxBw : Max bandwidth(kbps) CurUser : Current user number MaxUser : Max user number BwUtilization : Bandwidth utilization UserUtilization : User utilization -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rf WID CurBw/MaxBw BwUtilization CurUser/MaxUser UserUtilization -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1 0/40960 0% 0/0 0% 1 1 0/40960 0% 0/0 0% -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total: 2
# sysname SwitchA # vlan batch 100 # interface GigabitEthernet0/0/1 port link-type trunk port trunk pvid vlan 100 port trunk allow-pass vlan 100 # interface GigabitEthernet0/0/2 port link-type trunk port trunk allow-pass vlan 100 # return
AC configuration file
# sysname AC # vlan batch 100 to 101 # dhcp enable # interface Vlanif100 ip address 10.23.100.1 255.255.255.0 dhcp select interface # interface Vlanif101 ip address 10.23.101.1 255.255.255.0 dhcp select interface # interface GigabitEthernet0/0/1 port link-type trunk port trunk allow-pass vlan 100 # interface GigabitEthernet0/0/2 port link-type trunk port trunk allow-pass vlan 101 # capwap source interface vlanif100 # wlan traffic-profile name wlan-traffic igmp-snooping enable igmp-snooping max-bandwidth 40960 traffic-optimize multicast-unicast enable security-profile name wlan-security security wpa2 psk pass-phrase %^%#m"tz0f>~7.[`^6RWdzwCy16hJj/Mc!,}s`X*B]}A%^%# aes ssid-profile name wlan-ssid ssid wlan-net vap-profile name wlan-vap forward-mode tunnel service-vlan vlan-id 101 ssid-profile wlan-ssid security-profile wlan-security traffic-profile wlan-traffic regulatory-domain-profile name domain1 rrm-profile name default calibrate auto-channel-select disable calibrate auto-txpower-select disable ap-system-profile name ap-system igmp-snooping group-bandwidth start-group-address 225.1.1.1 end-group-address 225.1.1.5 bandwidth 2048 ap-group name ap-group1 ap-system-profile ap-system regulatory-domain-profile domain1 radio 0 vap-profile wlan-vap wlan 1 radio 1 vap-profile wlan-vap wlan 1 ap-id 0 type-id 19 ap-mac 60de-4476-e360 ap-sn 210235554710CB000042 ap-name area_1 ap-group ap-group1 radio 0 channel 20mhz 6 eirp 127 radio 1 channel 20mhz 149 eirp 127 # return