In practice, both wired and wireless users need to access one network. For example, the PCs and printers of a company connect to the network in wired mode, and laptops and mobile phones connect wirelessly. After unified access for wired and wireless users is configured on a network, users of both types can access the network and be managed in a unified manner.
A hospital needs to deploy both a wired and a wireless network. To simplify management and maintenance, the administrator requires that wired and wireless users be centrally managed on the AC, non-authentication and Portal authentication be configured for the wired and wireless users respectively, and wireless users roam under the same AC.
As shown in Figure 1, the AC connects to the egress gateway Router in the uplink direction. In the downlink direction, the AC connects to and manages APs through S5720-1 and S5720-2 access switches. The S5720-1 and S5720-2 are deployed in the first and second floors, respectively. An AP2010DN is deployed in each room to provide both wired and wireless access. The AP5030DN is deployed in the corridor to provide wireless network coverage. The S5720-1 and S5720-2 are PoE switches directly providing power to connected APs.
To facilitate network planning and management, the access switches are only used to transparently transmit data at Layer 2, and all gateways are configured on the AC
The AC functions as a DHCP server to assign IP addresses to APs, STAs, and PCs.
Item |
Interface |
VLAN |
Description |
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AC |
GE1/0/1 |
100, 201 |
Connected to the S5720-1 |
GE1/0/2 |
100, 202 |
Connected to the S5720-2 |
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GE1/0/3 |
200 |
Connected to the Agile Controller |
|
GE1/0/4 |
300 |
Connected to the egress gateway |
|
S5720-1 |
GE0/0/1 |
100, 201 |
Connected to the AC |
GE0/0/2 |
100, 201 |
Connected to AP101 |
|
GE0/0/3 |
100, 201 |
Connected to AP102 |
|
GE0/0/4 |
100, 201 |
Connected to AP103 |
|
S5720-2 |
GE0/0/1 |
100, 202 |
Connected to the AC |
GE0/0/2 |
100, 202 |
Connected to AP201 |
|
GE0/0/3 |
100, 202 |
Connected to AP202 |
|
GE0/0/4 |
100, 202 |
Connected to AP203 |
|
AP101 and AP102 |
Eth0/0/0 Eth0/0/1 GE0/0/0 |
201 |
GE0/0/0 connects to the S5720-1. Eth0/0/0 and Eth0/0/1 connects to wired users. AP101 and AP102 are AP2010DNs and are deployed in rooms on the first floor to provide wired and wireless access. |
AP103 |
GE0/0/0 |
201 |
GE0/0/0 connects to the S5720-1. AP103 is an AP5030DN and is deployed in the corridor on the first floor to provide wireless access. |
AP201 and AP202 |
Eth0/0/0 Eth0/0/1 GE0/0/0 |
202 |
GE0/0/0 connects to the S5720-2. Eth0/0/0 and Eth0/0/1 connects to wired users. AP201 and AP202 are AP2010DNs and are deployed in rooms on the second floor to provide wired and wireless access. |
AP203 |
GE0/0/0 |
202 |
GE0/0/0 connects to the S5720-2. AP203 is an AP5030DN and is deployed in the corridor on the second floor to provide wireless access. |
Item |
Data |
Description |
---|---|---|
AC's source interface address |
10.23.100.1/24 |
- |
AP group |
|
- |
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Portal access profile |
- |
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Authentication profile |
- |
|
Regulatory domain profile |
|
- |
AP wired port profile |
Name: wired1, wired2, wired3, or wired4 |
- |
RRM profile |
Name: rrm1 |
- |
Radio profile |
- |
|
Security profile |
|
- |
SSID profile |
|
- |
Traffic profile |
Name: traffic1 |
- |
VAP profile |
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Provides WLAN network coverage for the first floor of the building. |
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Provides WLAN network coverage for the second floor of the building. |
|
DHCP server |
The AC functions as a DHCP server to assign IP addresses to APs, STAs, and PCs. |
- |
AP gateway and IP address pool range |
VLANIF 100: 10.23.100.1/24 10.23.100.2-10.23.100.254/24 |
- |
Gateway and IP address pool range of the wireless users |
VLANIF 101: 10.23.101.1/24 10.23.101.2-10.23.101.254/24 |
- |
VLANIF 102: 10.23.102.1/24 10.23.102.2-10.23.102.254/24 |
- |
|
Gateway and IP address pool range of the wired users |
VLANIF 201: 10.23.201.1/24 10.23.201.2-10.23.201.254/24 |
- |
VLANIF 202: 10.23.202.1/24 10.23.202.2-10.23.202.254/24 |
- |
|
Server parameters |
Authentication server:
|
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Accounting server:
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Authorization server:
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Portal server:
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Item |
Data |
Description |
---|---|---|
AP101 |
Radio 0: channel 1 and power level 10 |
Use the WLAN Planner to plan AP installation locations, and the working channel and power of the AP radio. Set the channel mode and power mode to fixed, and configure the channel and power for each AP. |
AP102 |
Radio 0: channel 6 and power level 10 |
|
AP103 |
Radio 0: channel 11 and power level 10 Radio 1: channel 153 and power level 10 |
|
AP201 |
Radio 0: channel 1 and power level 10 |
|
AP202 |
Radio 0: channel 6 and power level 10 |
|
AP203 |
Radio 0: channel 11 and power level 10 Radio 1: channel 157 and power level 10 |
The S5720-1 is used as an example here. The configuration on the S5720-2 is similar.
Choose to access the AC Configuration page. Set AC source address to Vlanif100 and AP authentication mode to MAC address authentication, as shown in Figure 31. Click Apply.