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, a large number of APs are deployed in an office building. The APs connect to the AC through Switch_A to provide wireless services for users.
It will be a heavy workload to manually configure radio parameters (such as the channel) for the APs one by one. The enterprise IT department requires that the AC automatically allocate channels to the APs based on radio environments to simplify network deployment.
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DHCP server |
The AC functions as the DHCP server to assign IP addresses to the APs and STAs. |
IP address pool for the APs |
10.23.100.2-10.23.100.254/24 |
IP address pool for the STAs |
10.23.101.2-10.23.101.254/24 10.23.102.2-10.23.102.254/24 |
VLAN pool |
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IP address of the AC's source interface |
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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5G radio profile |
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2G radio profile |
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RRM profile |
Name: wlan-net |
Air scan 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 to GE0/0/3 on Switch_A to VLAN 100 (management VLAN).
<HUAWEI> system-view [HUAWEI] sysname Switch_A [Switch_A] vlan batch 100 [Switch_A] interface gigabitethernet 0/0/1 [Switch_A-GigabitEthernet0/0/1] port link-type trunk [Switch_A-GigabitEthernet0/0/1] port trunk pvid vlan 100 [Switch_A-GigabitEthernet0/0/1] port trunk allow-pass vlan 100 [Switch_A-GigabitEthernet0/0/1] port-isolate enable [Switch_A-GigabitEthernet0/0/1] quit [Switch_A] interface gigabitethernet 0/0/2 [Switch_A-GigabitEthernet0/0/2] port link-type trunk [Switch_A-GigabitEthernet0/0/2] port trunk allow-pass vlan 100 [Switch_A-GigabitEthernet0/0/2] quit [Switch_A] interface gigabitethernet 0/0/3 [Switch_A-GigabitEthernet0/0/3] port link-type trunk [Switch_A-GigabitEthernet0/0/3] port trunk pvid vlan 100 [Switch_A-GigabitEthernet0/0/3] port trunk allow-pass vlan 100 [Switch_A-GigabitEthernet0/0/3] port-isolate enable [Switch_A-GigabitEthernet0/0/3] quit
# Add GE0/0/1 that connects the AC to Switch_A to VLAN 100.
<HUAWEI> system-view [HUAWEI] sysname AC [AC] vlan batch 100 [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.
[AC] vlan batch 101 102 200 [AC] interface vlanif 101 [AC-Vlanif101] ip address 10.23.101.1 24 [AC-Vlanif101] quit [AC] interface vlanif 102 [AC-Vlanif102] ip address 10.23.102.1 24 [AC-Vlanif102] quit [AC] interface vlanif 200 [AC-Vlanif200] ip address 10.23.200.2 24 [AC-Vlanif200] quit
# Configure a default route on the AC.
[AC] ip route-static 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 10.23.200.1
# Add GE0/0/2 that connects the AC to the Router to VLAN 200.
[AC] interface gigabitethernet 0/0/2 [AC-GigabitEthernet0/0/2] port link-type trunk [AC-GigabitEthernet0/0/2] port trunk allow-pass vlan 200 [AC-GigabitEthernet0/0/2] quit
# Configure the AC to assign an IP address to the AP from an interface IP address pool.
[AC] dhcp enable [AC] interface vlanif 100 [AC-Vlanif100] ip address 10.23.100.1 24 [AC-Vlanif100] dhcp select interface [AC-Vlanif100] quit
# Configure the AC as the DHCP relay agent and enable user entry detection on the AC.
[AC] interface vlanif 101 [AC-Vlanif101] dhcp select relay [AC-Vlanif101] dhcp relay server-ip 10.23.200.1 [AC-Vlanif101] quit [AC] interface vlanif 102 [AC-Vlanif102] dhcp select relay [AC-Vlanif102] dhcp relay server-ip 10.23.200.1 [AC-Vlanif102] quit
# Configure the Router as a DHCP server to allocate IP addresses to STAs.
<Huawei> system-view [Huawei] sysname Router [Router] dhcp enable [Router] ip pool sta-ip-pool1 [Router-ip-pool-sta-ip-pool1] gateway-list 10.23.101.1 [Router-ip-pool-sta-ip-pool1] network 10.23.101.0 mask 24 [Router-ip-pool-sta-ip-pool1] quit [Router] ip pool sta-ip-pool2 [Router-ip-pool-sta-ip-pool2] gateway-list 10.23.102.1 [Router-ip-pool-sta-ip-pool2] network 10.23.102.0 mask 24 [Router-ip-pool-sta-ip-pool2] quit [Router] vlan batch 200 [Router] interface vlanif 200 [Router-Vlanif200] ip address 10.23.200.1 24 [Router-Vlanif200] dhcp select global [Router-Vlanif200] quit [Router] interface gigabitethernet 2/0/0 [Router-GigabitEthernet2/0/0] port link-type trunk [Router-GigabitEthernet2/0/0] port trunk allow-pass vlan 200 [Router-GigabitEthernet2/0/0] quit [Router] ip route-static 10.23.101.0 24 10.23.200.2 [Router] ip route-static 10.23.102.0 24 10.23.200.2
# Create a VLAN pool, add VLAN 101 and VLAN 102 to the pool, and set the VLAN assignment algorithm to hash in the VLAN pool.
This example uses the VLAN assignment algorithm hash as an example. The default VLAN assignment algorithm is hash. If the default setting is not changed before, you do not need to run the assignment hash command.
In this example, only VLAN 101 and VLAN 102 are added to the VLAN pool. You can add multiple VLANs to a VLAN pool. Similar to adding VLAN 101 and VLAN 102 to a VLAN pool, you need to create corresponding VLANIF interfaces and configure IP addresses and interface address pools.
[AC] vlan pool sta-pool [AC-vlan-pool-sta-pool] vlan 101 102 [AC-vlan-pool-sta-pool] assignment hash [AC-vlan-pool-sta-pool] quit
# Create an AP group and add the APs 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 [AC-wlan-view] ap-id 1 ap-mac 60de-4474-9640 [AC-wlan-ap-1] ap-name area_2 Warning: This operation may cause AP reset. Continue? [Y/N]:y [AC-wlan-ap-1] 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-1] quit
# After the APs are powered on, run the display ap all command to check the AP state. If the State field is displayed as nor, the APs have gone online.
[AC-wlan-view] display ap all
Total AP information: nor : normal [2] 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 5M:2S - 1 60de-4474-9640 area_2 ap-group1 10.23.100.253 AP5030DN nor 0 5M:4S - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total: 2
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 VLANs, 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-pool sta-pool [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 APs.
[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
# Enable automatic channel selection and automatic transmit power selection. By default, automatic channel selection and automatic transmit power selection are enabled.
[AC-wlan-view] ap-group name ap-group1 [AC-wlan-ap-group-ap-group1] radio 0 [AC-wlan-group-radio-ap-group1/0] calibrate auto-channel-select enable [AC-wlan-group-radio-ap-group1/0] calibrate auto-txpower-select enable [AC-wlan-group-radio-ap-group1/0] quit [AC-wlan-ap-group-ap-group1] radio 1 [AC-wlan-group-radio-ap-group1/1] calibrate auto-channel-select enable [AC-wlan-group-radio-ap-group1/1] calibrate auto-txpower-select enable [AC-wlan-group-radio-ap-group1/1] quit [AC-wlan-ap-group-ap-group1] quit
# Create the air scan profile wlan-airscan and configure the scan channel set, scan interval, and scan duration. By default, an air scan channel set contains all channels supported by the corresponding country code of an AP.
[AC-wlan-view] air-scan-profile name wlan-airscan [AC-wlan-air-scan-prof-wlan-airscan] scan-channel-set country-channel [AC-wlan-air-scan-prof-wlan-airscan] scan-period 80 [AC-wlan-air-scan-prof-wlan-airscan] scan-interval 80000 [AC-wlan-air-scan-prof-wlan-airscan] quit
# Create the 2G radio profile radio2g and bind the RRM profile wlan-net and air scan profile wlan-airscan to the 2G radio profile.
[AC-wlan-view] radio-2g-profile name radio2g [AC-wlan-radio-2g-prof-radio2g] rrm-profile wlan-net [AC-wlan-radio-2g-prof-radio2g] air-scan-profile wlan-airscan [AC-wlan-radio-2g-prof-radio2g] quit
# Create the 5G radio profile radio5g and bind the RRM profile wlan-net and air scan profile wlan-airscan to the 5G radio profile.
[AC-wlan-view] radio-5g-profile name radio5g [AC-wlan-radio-5g-prof-radio5g] rrm-profile wlan-net [AC-wlan-radio-5g-prof-radio5g] air-scan-profile wlan-airscan [AC-wlan-radio-5g-prof-radio5g] quit
# Bind the 5G radio profile radio5g and 2G radio profile radio2g to the AP group ap-group1.
[AC-wlan-view] ap-group name ap-group1 [AC-wlan-ap-group-ap-group1] radio-5g-profile radio5g radio 1 Warning: This action may cause service interruption. Continue?[Y/N]y [AC-wlan-ap-group-ap-group1] radio-2g-profile radio2g radio 0 Warning: This action may cause service interruption. Continue?[Y/N]y [AC-wlan-ap-group-ap-group1] quit
# Set the radio calibration mode to manual and trigger radio calibration. By default, the radio calibration mode is manual.
[AC-wlan-view] calibrate enable manual [AC-wlan-view] calibrate manual startup
Connect STAs to the WLAN with SSID wlan-net and enter the password a1234567. Run the display station ssid wlan-net command on the AC. The command output shows that the STAs are connected to the WLAN wlan-net.
[AC-wlan-view] display station ssid wlan-net Rf/WLAN: Radio ID/WLAN ID Rx/Tx: link receive rate/link transmit rate(Mbps) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- STA MAC AP ID Ap name Rf/WLAN Band Type Rx/Tx RSSI VLAN IP address ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- e019-1dc7-1e08 0 area_1 0/1 2.4G 11n 65/38 -29 101 10.23.101.254 b878-2eb4-2689 1 area_2 0/1 2.4G 11n 78/43 -33 102 10.23.102.254 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total: 2 2.4G: 2 5G: 0
# Run the display radio all command on the AC to check radio calibration results.
[AC-wlan-view] display radio all CH/BW:Channel/Bandwidth CE:Current EIRP (dBm) ME:Max EIRP (dBm) CU:Channel utilization ST:Status WM:Working Mode (normal/monitor/monitor dual-band-scan/monitor proxy dual-band-scan) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ AP ID Name RfID Band Type Status CH/BW CE/ME STA CU WM ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 area_2 0 2.4G bgn on 1/20M 28/28 1 10% normal 1 area_2 1 5G an on 149/20M 29/29 0 15% normal 0 area_1 0 2.4G bgn on 6/20M 28/28 1 15% normal 0 area_1 1 5G an on 153/20M 29/29 0 49% normal ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total:4
(Recommended) Set the radio calibration mode to scheduled. Configure the APs to perform radio calibration in off-peak hours, for example, between 00:00 am and 06:00 am.
[AC-wlan-view] calibrate enable schedule time 03:00:00
Manually fix the working channels of APs: disable automatic channel selection and automatic transmit power selection in the RRM profile. Manually trigger radio calibration when new APs are added to the network.
[AC-wlan-view] ap-group name ap-group1 [AC-wlan-ap-group-ap-group1] radio 0 [AC-wlan-group-radio-ap-group1/0] calibrate auto-channel-select disable [AC-wlan-group-radio-ap-group1/0] calibrate auto-txpower-select disable [AC-wlan-group-radio-ap-group1/0] quit [AC-wlan-ap-group-ap-group1] radio 1 [AC-wlan-group-radio-ap-group1/1] calibrate auto-channel-select disable [AC-wlan-group-radio-ap-group1/1] calibrate auto-txpower-select disable [AC-wlan-group-radio-ap-group1/1] quit [AC-wlan-ap-group-ap-group1] quit [AC-wlan-view] calibrate enable manual [AC-wlan-view] calibrate manual startup Warning: The operation may cause business interruption, Continue? [Y/N]:y
# sysname Switch_A # vlan batch 100 # interface GigabitEthernet0/0/1 port link-type trunk port trunk pvid vlan 100 port trunk allow-pass vlan 100 port-isolate enable group 1 # interface GigabitEthernet0/0/2 port link-type trunk port trunk allow-pass vlan 100 # interface GigabitEthernet0/0/3 port link-type trunk port trunk pvid vlan 100 port trunk allow-pass vlan 100 port-isolate enable group 1 # return
# sysname Router # vlan batch 200 # dhcp enable # ip pool sta-ip-pool1 gateway-list 10.23.101.1 network 10.23.101.0 mask 255.255.255.0 # ip pool sta-ip-pool2 gateway-list 10.23.102.1 network 10.23.102.0 mask 255.255.255.0 # interface Vlanif200 ip address 10.23.200.1 255.255.255.0 dhcp select global # interface GigabitEthernet2/0/0 port link-type trunk port trunk allow-pass vlan 200 # ip route-static 10.23.101.0 255.255.255.0 10.23.200.2 ip route-static 10.23.102.0 255.255.255.0 10.23.200.2 # return
AC configuration file
# sysname AC # vlan batch 100 to 102 200 # vlan pool sta-pool vlan 101 to 102 # 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 relay dhcp relay server-ip 10.23.200.1 # interface Vlanif102 ip address 10.23.102.1 255.255.255.0 dhcp select relay dhcp relay server-ip 10.23.200.1 # interface Vlanif200 ip address 10.23.200.2 255.255.255.0 # 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 200 # ip route-static 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 10.23.200.1 # capwap source interface vlanif100 # wlan 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-pool sta-pool ssid-profile wlan-ssid security-profile wlan-security regulatory-domain-profile name domain1 air-scan-profile name wlan-airscan scan-period 80 scan-interval 80000 rrm-profile name wlan-net radio-2g-profile name radio2g rrm-profile wlan-net air-scan-profile wlan-airscan radio-5g-profile name radio5g rrm-profile wlan-net air-scan-profile wlan-airscan ap-group name ap-group1 regulatory-domain-profile domain1 radio 0 radio-2g-profile radio2g vap-profile wlan-vap wlan 1 radio 1 radio-5g-profile radio5g 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 ap-id 1 type-id 19 ap-mac 60de-4474-9640 ap-sn 210235419610D2000097 ap-name area_2 ap-group ap-group1 # return