Legrand Access point manager User manual - Wi-Fi
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1. Access point manager User manual Version 4 0 1 Li legrand www legrand fr Introduction Access point manager installation Mode integrated in Legrand controller Standalone mode Required administration workstation configuration Manager installation Architecture requirements Starting the access point manager Mode integrated in Legrand controller Standalone mode Access point detection and organisation in groups Access point detection Access point handling Organisation of access points in groups Adding a new group Renaming a group Deleting a group Changing an access point to another group Access point administration Wireless network management Adding a wireless network Automatic VLAN allocation for an SSID Assigning a wireless network to an access point Assigning an SSID to an access point group Assigning an SSID to an access point Editing a wireless network Mode integrated in Legrand controller Use of zones Standalone mode Deleting a wireless network El legrand Configuration management Adding a configuration Assigning a configuration to an access point Deleting a configuration Renaming a configuration Firmware management Adding firmware Assigning firmware to an access point Deleting firmware Downloading firmware Access point monitoring Configuration backup restoration Mode integrated in Legrand controller Standalone mode Documentation El legrand 38 40 41 42 42 43 442. an access point by means of drag amp drop D O1 ACCESS POINT MANAGER USER MANUAL LEGRAND El legrand 8 3 Deleting firmware To delete firmware click on the deletion icon in the column entitled Actions in the firmware table on the row corresponding to the firmware to be deleted Firmware deletion icon x 8 4 Downloading firmware Firmware can be downloaded using the access point manager to be saved on another computer To download firmware click on the download icon in the column entitled Actions in the firmware table on the row corresponding to the firmware to be downloaded Firmware download icon CS 1 dialogue box will be displayed to prompt you to save the firmware file Opening AP _firmware_1 6 2 2 firm You have chosen to open AP _ firmware 1 6 2 2 firm which is a firm File What should Firefox do with this file Open with Firefox default v _ Do this automatically For files like this from now on Figure 39 Downloading firmware Click on Save ER MANUAL NAGER US ACCESS POINT MA GR LEGR Ll legrand 9 Access point monitoring The access point manager is used to monitor all the handled access points To do this click on the Monitoring item in the left hand menu of the window The following page is displayed Legrand controller SELECT YOUR LANGUAGE ED oisconnecr E Configuration Administration Monitoring Operations Access points Docum
3. example incorrect firmware or access point already managed by another controller or even different communication password between the controller and the AP Red dot the access point is not available for contact on the network IP address IP address of the access point MAC address MAC address of the access point Actions this column contains icons representing the actions applicable to an access point or a group In the case of an access point administration can be performed access to its native administration interface In the case of a group it can be renamed or deleted see section 4 3 Organisation of access points in groups ACCESS POINT MANAGER USER MANUAL LEGRAND El legrand 4 2 Access point handling An access point may be in managed or non managed by the manager mode Initially an access point detected on the network is in non managed mode and is thus placed in the Unmanaged group In order to handle it and thus be able to manage it it must be moved from the Unmanaged group to another group It should be noted that the first time the manager is used only the Default group is available Click on the Discovery item in the left hand menu of the window In the access point table move the required access point from the Unmanaged group to another group by selecting the access point s icon and using the drag and drop mechanism Example management of access point Agora
4. itself an automatic address enabling it to access the access points In this case it will not be possible to detect and contact the access points for which auto IP mode has been deactivated Therefore it will not be possible to handle them The same applies for the access points situated on other subnets the manager will be unable to contact them El legrand 3 Starting the access point manager 3 1 Mode integrated in Legrand controller In the controller administration tool click on the Access points management item on the menu bar see Figure below Legrand controller SELECT YOUR LANGUAGEY VD orsconnect E Configuration Administration Monitoring Operations Access points management Documentation Restart Shutdown Figure 2 Legrand controller menu bar The following page is displayed Legrand controller SELECT YOUR LANGUAGEF ED orsconnect E Configuration Administration Monitoring Operations Access points management Documentation Restart Shutdown Access points management Discovery Automatically discover the access points available on the network Manage an access point Organise access points in groups Access the access points configuration interface Wireless networks Apply a wireless network to one or a group of access points Modify or delete a wireless network Configurations Apply a configuration to one or a group of access points Delete or rename a configuration Firmwares Apply a firmware to one or a
5. name extension bz2 when saving the file To restore the configuration select the backup file using the Browse button To ensure that the access points are updated with the backup information check Update contactable access points Click on Restore OI ER MANUAL NAGER US LAA V A ACCESS POINT GI RAND LEG ca Ll legrand 11 Documentation The Legrand controller and access point manager user manuals are available online The manuals are in PDF format To access the manuals click on the Documentation item in the menu bar The following page is displayed Documentation Controller Legrand Installation guide Version E J Administration guide Version f Jj Portal guide Version Jf Jj Portal editor user guide Version f Jj Delegated administration guide Version f Jj Access point management user guide Version EH Figure 44 User manuals HE A lO Click on the required documentation to view it Note In standalone manager mode only the manager manual will be provided NUAI INT MAN LI legrand LEGRAND SNC snc au capital de 6 200 OOOF RCS Limoges 389 290 586 Code A P E 516J N d identification TVA FR 15 389 290 586 Si ge social 128 av du Mar chal de Lattre de Tassigny 87045 Limoges Cedex France t l 05 55 06 87 87 telex 580048 F fax 05 55 06 88 88 LE03419AA_ EN
6. platforms In this manual we will describe both modes and specify the differences in their operation if applicable rhe A rey Note When using the manager integrated in the Legrand controller it is recommended to consult the Legrand Controller Administration Guide documentation El legrand Access point manager installation Mode integrated in Legrand controller The Legrand controller must be previously installed to be able to access the access point manager See the Legrand Controller Administration Guide documentation Standalone mode The access point manager is provided in executable file format to be installed on an administration workstation Required administration workstation configuration The following configuration is required for the installation of the manager in standalone mode on an administration workstation 1 The manager must be installed on a computer administration workstation with a Windows XP or Windows 7 operating system 2 The user must have the administrator rights on the workstation to be able to install the manager 3 The firewall configuration on the workstation should not prevent access to the network and the reception of UPnP announcements sent by the access points for their automatic detection If the UPnP service is not activated on the workstation the manager will activate it to ensure that UPnP announcements are not filtered by the native Windows firewall 4 The administration
7. to a group simply click on the name of the group reduce extend a group This operation can be performed with all groups by using the button at the top right hand corner of the access point table adopting the value Expand groups or Add a group according to the circumstances _ CO Next to the name of each group a help icon can be used to display a message describing the group when the mouse passes over the icon The wording of the message can be entered when the group is created The Actions column for a group is used to rename or delete the group ACCESS POINT MANAGER USER MANUAL LEGRAND El legrand 4 3 1 Adding a new group To add a new group click on the Add a group button located at the top of the access point table This action displays a popup window prompting the entry of the name of the group and the wording of the group description The descriptive wording will subsequently be associated with the help icon Group name Description Building end floor The description will appear in this group tooltip Figure 12 Adding a group Enter the fields and click on Confirm 4 3 2 Renaming a group To rename a group click on the renaming icon in the Actions column on the row corresponding to the group to be renamed Group renaming icon al This action displays a popup window prompting the entry of the new name of the group selected and the new description Le AC
8. workstation must have a Web browser Internet Explorer 5 5 or Mozilla Firefox 1 5 minimum in order to access the manager s Web interface Manager installation The manager can be run in two modes Mode without installation in this mode the manager can be used directly without any prior installation operations Only the installation of a Java execution environment may prove to be necessary if it has not been installed or the version is not compatible Mode with installation in this mode the access point manager will be installed on the administration workstation including the Java environment if required during the execution of the software and will thus be lost when you exit the manager It is recommended to use the configuration backup restore mechanism to save work between sessions see section 10 2 Standalone mode Warning When using the mode without installation configuration data is temporarily stored Architecture requirements 1 The administration workstation should be connected to the same subnet same network addressing range same VLAN as the access points to enable their automatic detection 2 Access points belonging to other subnets may be handled by the manager using the manual addition function provided that network routing enables the manager to contact these access points 3 If no addressing is defined on the network no DHCP the administration workstation should use the auto IP mechanism to assign
9. 45 46 46 47 49 49 49 51 El legrand Legrand access point Legrand controller menu bar Access point manager home page integrated mode Access point manager home page standalone mode Access point detection page Detected access point display Access point handling action using drag amp drop Example of access point handling Manual access point addition for management Editing an access point password Organisation of access points in groups Adding a group Renaming a group Access point group change action using drag amp drop Native access point Web administration interface Wireless network management page Detailed information display for a wireless network Example of conflict while activiating the management of an access point Assigning an SSID to an access point group by means of drag amp drop Option selection when assigning an SSID to an access point group SSID update report Assigning an SSID to an access point by means of drag amp drop Option selection when assigning an SSID to an access point Editing a wireless network Example of architecture in zones Example of SSID distribution SSID editing example step 1 SSID editing example step 2 SSID editing example step 3 Configuration management page Detailed information display for a configuration Assigning a configuration to an access point group by means of drag amp drop Configuration installation selection for a group Renami
10. A Ar Law f During this wireless network addition operation a VLAN will be automatically assigned to the wireless network if required so as to always guarantee an operational SSID VLAN pair Note Automatic VLAN allocation is only applicable to the manager integrated in the Legrand controller U Al INT MAN El legrand The VLAN allocation algorithm for an SSID is as follows If a VLAN is defined on the SSID when the access point is handled the manager checks whether an identical SSID already exists on the manager If so the manager checks that the SSID VLAN of the access point handled is defined on the existing SSID gt If so the manager retains the VLAN If not the manager assigns the VLAN with the lowest number from those of the existing SSID If not the manager checks that the associated VLAN is not associated with another SSID and that the VLAN is associated with the Default zone If so the manager retains the VLAN If not the manager assigns the VLAN with the lowest number available on the controller associated with the Default zone and not assigned to an SSID If no VLAN is defined on the SSID when the access point is handled the manager checks whether an identical SSID already exists on the manager If so the manager assigns the VLAN with the lowest number from those of the existing SSID If not the manager assigns the VLAN with the lowest number available on the controller asso
11. AGER USER MANUAL LEGRAND Ll legrand 8 Firmware management The access point manager can be used to manage add assign delete the firmware associated with the access points To do this click on the Firmwares submenu in the left hand menu of the window The following page is displayed Legrand controller SELECT YOUR LANGUAGE PED oisconnecr Configuration Administration Monitoring Operations Access points management Documentation Restart Shutdown ACCESS POINTS FIRMWARES MANAGEMENT a a r E eee eas EI un vieu E ee eee FO a a SS a eee eee eer TONNES EH A Re TI ER See OR Figure 35 Firmware management page The firmware management page is presented in the form of two tables the top table represents the managed access points optionally organised into groups the bottom table represents the various firmwares managed by the manager A3 Below the firmware table a box is displayed that can be used to obtain more details on specific firmware These details will be displayed by clicking on the name of an item in the table The columns in the access point table are as follows Groupe Access point name name of group and access points belonging to the group Firmware version firmware version number used by the access point Actions icon used to access the native administration interface of the access point The columns in the firmware table are as follows Firmware icon used for drag amp
12. CESS POINT MANAGER USER MANUAL LEGRAND El legrand Group name Description The description will appear in this group tooltip Figure 13 Renaming a group Enter the fields and click on Confirm 4 3 3 Deleting a group To delete a group click on the deletion icon in the Actions column on the row corresponding to the group to be deleted Group deletion icon x RARES A TE ay ar LI 4 5 4 Changing an access point to another group Note If the deleted group is not empty the access points in this group will be assigned to the Default group To change an access point to another group click on the icon of the access point to be moved and drag the icon to its new group UU xe Le 7 lt Note Moving an access point from one group to another does not change its configuration A Note Moving an access point to the Unmanaged group will remove it from the set of managed access points The access point will be notified of this change by the manager avs Lace ACCESS POINT MANAGER USER MANUAL LEGRAND 20 El legrand Example moving AP1 from group G1 to group G2 Legrand controller SELECT YOUR Lancuace ED oISCONNECT x Conti guration Administration Monitoring Oper ations Access points m anagement Jocumentation Festart ACCESS POINTS DISCOVERY Expand groups RSC a RSR PES SE EE PE ES PR PE EE aT E RE RE ENT TE eT mana X es m cons ma
13. INT MANAGER USER MANUAL LEGRAND Ll legrand The access point table contains the following columns Group Access point name name of group and access points belonging to the group Wireless network name list of the names of the wireless networks configured on the access point Actions icon used to access the native administration interface of the access point The wireless network table contains the following columns Wireless network name name of wireless network Encryption type open WEP WPA WPA2 Use of 802 1x Access points list of the access points name of access point using the wireless network Actions icons used to edit or delete the wireless network To view more information on a wireless network click on its name The additional information is displayed in the box below the table Example Wireless network details Figure 17 Detailed information display for a wireless network The following information is displayed Zone the name of zones on which this wireless network is defined and the VLAN associated with the wireless network for each zone Radio type of radios activated for this wireless network 2 4GHz 5GHz or 2 4 and 5GHz RADIUS configuration if 802 1x authentication is used IP address and port of the RADIUS server 802 1x reauthentication period Note Zones are not included in the standalone manager mode only the VLAN a
14. access point ULLAL xs A are a 5 N N ACCESS POINT MANAGER USER MANUAL LEGRAND Ll legrand 6 Wireless network management The access point manager can be used to manage add assign edit delete wireless networks or SSIDs associated with the access points To do this click on the Wireless networks item in the left hand menu of the window The page is displayed in the example below the page displayed shows the presence of a Wi Fi SSID on all the access points Legrand controller SELECT YOUR LANGUAGET ED orsconneor E Configuration Administration Monitoring Operations Access points management Documentation Restart Shutdown VIRELESS NETWORK MANAGEMENT Wireless network details To obtain detailed information about a wireless network click on the name NO Q9 Figure 16 Wireless network management page The wireless network management page is presented in the form of two tables the top table represents the managed access points optionally organised into groups the bottom table represents the various wireless network configurations available It should be noted that once an access point is handled its wireless network s is are displayed in the available wireless network table Below the wireless network table a box is displayed that can be used to obtain more details on a specific wireless network These details will be displayed by clicking on the name of an item in the table ACCESS PO
15. ciated with the Default zone and not assigned to an SSID If no VLAN is available the manager will create it automatically In this case it will be associated with the Default zone Its number will be the lowest number available This algorithm ensures that each SSID is associated with a different VLAN thus enabling traffic isolation To edit the association of an SSID with a VLAN see section 6 3 1 Mode integrated in Legrand controller gt Note In automatic VLAN allocation mode 1 The native non tagged VLAN and VLAN 1 A will not be used 2 only the predefined Default zone will be used All VLANs will belong gt to this zone Ll legrand 6 2 Assigning a wireless network to an access point To assign a wireless network to an access point click on the icon of the wireless network in question and drag the icon to an access point or a group in the access point table 6 2 1 Assigning an SSID to an access point group Example assigning the Employees wireless network to the Floor 1 group Legrand controller SELECT YOUR Lancuace t oisconnect x Configuration Administratior onitoring Operations Acces nanagement Jocumentation Restart Shutdown VIRELESS NETWORK MANAGEMENT Expand groups Wireless network details To obtain detailed information about a wireless network click on the name 27 Figure 19 Assigning an SSID to an access point group by means of drag amp drop Before assign
16. controller SELECT YOUR LanGuaGE tp DISCONNECT x Configuration Administration onitoring Operations Access points management Documentation Restart Shutdow ACCESS POINTS CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT Expand groups x j ion_ Wi Fi D TT im Configuration details To obtain detailed information about a configuration click on the name Figure 30 Configuration management page Gd O0 The configuration management page is presented in the form of two tables the top table represents the managed access points optionally organised into groups the bottom table represents the various access point configurations available It should be noted that once an access point is handled its configuration is displayed in the configuration table Below the configuration table a box is displayed that can be used to obtain more details on a specific configuration These details will be displayed by clicking on the name of an item in the table ACCESS POINT MANAGER USER MANUAL LEGRAND El legrand The columns in the access point table are as follows Groupe Access point name name of group and access points belonging to the group Configuration name name of the configuration Actions icon used to access the native administration interface of the access point The columns in the configuration table are as follows Configuration name of the configuration Wireless networks list of SSIDs found in the configurati
17. drop operations Version firmware version Access point s list of access points using this firmware Actions icons used to download or remove firmware ACCESS POINT MANAGER USER MANUAL LEGRAND El legrand 8 1 Adding firmware Firmware will essentially be added manually to the firmware table To do this click on the Add button on the top left hand corner of the table A popup window requests the name of the firmware to be added Firmwares Figure 36 Adding new firmware Click on Browse to select the file corresponding to the firmware to be added and then click on Save Once the firmware has been loaded it is displayed in the firmware table as shown by the screen shot below Figure 37 Firmware addition example A Note The firmware is available on the Legrand Website http www wifi legrandelectric com D D ACCESS POINT MANAGER USER MANUAL LEGRAND Ll legrand 8 2 Assigning firmware to an access point To assign firmware to an access point click on the icon of the firmware in question and drag the icon to an access point or a group in the access point table Example assigning firmware 1 6 2 2 to access point AP1 in the group G1 Legrand controller SELECT vour LancuAGEY TD oisconnecr E Configuration Administration Monitoring Operations Ac Documentation Restart Shutdown ACCESS POINTS FIRMWARES MANAGEMENT Expand groups Figure 38 Assigning firmware to
18. e use of this method the access point appears in the table and will be added directly to all the managed access points Default group ACCESS POINT MANAGER USER MANUAL LEGRAND Warning If the access point added manually is configured for dynamic addressing DHCP and is located behind a router its change of IP address may result in it becoming inaccessible El legrand Following the handling of an access point by the manager if the access point does not have a configured administration password the manager will define one automatically The default password is defined at random by the manager and will consist of 8 alphanumeric characters To view or edit this password click on the Modify button in the Access points management password box The following dialog box is displayed Password 3aa36612 Figure 10 Editing an access point password Click on Confirm after editing the password O ACCESS POINT MANAGER USER MANUAL LEGRAND El legrand Organisation of access points in groups The Discovery page is also used to organise access points in groups For this purpose it is possible to create rename and delete a group and add delete one or more access points in a group There are three pre defined groups One group named Unmanaged containing the access points detected on the network but not handled by the manager This group will no longer be displayed if no non managed acce
19. entation Restart Shutdown ACCESS POINTS MONITORING nous meme woeren 2 1 Access point details To obtain detailed information about an access point click on the name Figure 40 ccess point monitoring page table displays the following information for each access point Last name name of access point Group group to which the access point belongs Status specifies the access point status Green dot the access point is available for contact on the network and operation Yellow dot the access point is available for contact on the network but not operational incorrect firmware for example Red dot the access point is not available for contact on the network Radio type 2 4GHz 5GHz or 2 4 and 5GHz IP address IP address of the access point MAC address MAC address of the access point Firmware version firmware version number of the access point Number of wireless networks number of SSIDs configured on the access point Connected users number of users connected to the access point ACCESS POINT MANAGER USER MANUAL LEGRAND D El legrand To view more information on an access point click on the name of the access point The additional information will be displayed in the box below the table Example Legrand controller SELECT YOUR LANGUAGET ED oisconnect E Configuration Administration Monitoring Operations Access points
20. group of access points Add or delete a firmware Monitoring Monitor the access points already managed For each access point group accessibility or not activated radio type client IP address client MAC address firmware version wireless networks connected users Figure 3 Access point manager home page integrated mode El legrand Administration operations are classified in categories Five categories are available Discovery This category is used for automatic access point detection via the network access point organisation in groups and access to the native administration interface of an access point Wireless networks This category is used to associate a wireless network SSID with an access point The wireless network can be edited to change the associated VLAN in particular Configurations In this category it will be possible to change the overall configuration of an access point by replacing it with another one Firmwares This category is used to update the access points with new firmware Monitoring This category is used to monitor the access points by viewing their operating status and the main configuration settings El legrand 3 2 Standalone mode If the manager has been installed on the administration workstation it can be started in different ways according to the installation selections for example in the program menu or using a desktop icon If the manager is not in
21. ill be deleted and replaced by the new wireless network Replace the wireless network option The wireless network may replace a wireless network to be selected from the list of possible wireless networks selectable list In addition the VLAN associated with the wireless network can be edited during the allocation Click on Continue to continue the allocation operation following this operation If a RADIUS configuration is associated with the SSID it will be copied Note If the Radio setting is not activated on the access point it will be automatically activated to the access point El legrand 6 3 Editing a wireless network To edit a wireless network SSID click on the edit icon found in the column entitled Actions in the wireless network table on the row corresponding to the wireless network to be edited SSID edit icon 6 3 1 Mode integrated in Legrand controller For example the following window is displayed for the wireless network Wi Fi _ E PERS nee Warning The radios 2 4 Ghzand 5 Ghz will be actived if needed Zone Defaut LAN Active access points Available access points e AP4 Figure 24 Editing a wireless network The editing window consists of several boxes each used to configure the SSID in relation to a zone If no zone is defined on the Legrand controller only the box corresponding to the Default zone will be displayed Otherwise a number of boxes correspo
22. ing the SSID to the access point group the manager offers the following options in a dialogue box ACCESS POINT MANAGER USER MANUAL LEGRAND El legrand Warning The radios 2 4 Ghzand 5 Ghz will be actived if needed Do you want to Add update this wireless network O Replace all wireles networks with this one Associate to VLAN 2 Zone Defaut v CT Figure 20 Option selection when assigning an SSID to an access point group Add update this wireless network option The wireless network to be assigned will be added on all the access points of the group or if it already exists it will be edited Replace all wireless networks with this one option All the other wireless networks on the access points will be deleted and replaced by the new wireless network In addition the VLAN associated with the wireless network can be edited during the allocation Click on Continue to continue the allocation operation 00 Note If the Radio setting is not activated on the access points it will be automatically activated A following this operation If a RADIUS configuration is associated with the SSID it will be copied to the access points Once the operation has been completed a report is displayed giving the result of the operation _ ETS neta a aa Sie Se Add a wireless network Internet Add on VLAN 2 Successful on AP1 1 7 22 22 246 Successful on AP1 17 22 22 246 Figure 21 SSID u
23. management Jocumentation Restart Shutdown ACCESS POINTS MONITORING BEC NS RUE TI ETS NES RERE AP Accueil test Ucopia mt 2 4 Ghz 5 Ghz 10 10 16 70 74020040 Access point details Nombre d utilisateurs connect s 1 IF address MAC Address Received signal strengh Bitrate 162 29 37248 DO Th r d2 61 89 23 36 Mbits Figure 41 Monitoring information display for an access point The information displayed consists of the information associated with the users actually connected to the access point IP address the IP address of the connected user workstation if it can be detected by the controller in the ARP cache for example MAC address the MAC address of the connected user workstation RSSI Received signal strength Indication the strength of the radio signal emitted by the user workstation Bitrate the Wi Fi connection speed of the user workstation D O0 ACCESS POINT MANAGER USER MANUAL LEGRAND E Ll legrand 10 Configuration backup restoration 10 1 Mode integrated in Legrand controller This function will be accessible in the Configuration management submenu found in the Operation menu of the Legrand controller See the Legrand controller Administration Manual documentation 10 2 Standalone mode It is possible to make a backup of the access point manager configuration It can subsequently be restored if required The backup will include the list
24. mechanism To exit the access points manager click on the Quit button at the bottom left of the page men ER USER MANUAL J ACCESS POINT MANA RAND EG LE Ll legrand 4 Access point detection i and organisation in groups The access point manager firstly makes it possible to automatically detect and view the access points accessible on the network To enable administration of the access points by the manager configuration monitoring it will be necessary to handle them It will also be possible to organise the access points in groups to obtain a better reflection of geographic distribution for example 4 1 Access point detection The access point manager automatically detects the access points present on the network The access points are detected by means of the announcements they send on the network via the UPnP protocol To access the access points detected click on the Discovery item in the menu on the left hand side of the window The following page is displayed Legrand controller SELECT YOUR LANGUAGET ED orsconneor E Configuration Administration Monitoring Operations Access points management Documentation Restart Shutdown ACCESS POINTS DISCOVERY Manual addition of an access point Access points management password Figure 5 Access point detection page The access points detected are displayed in a table and can be classified in groups At this stage only two group
25. na re RESTO RESE NE 3 Manual addition of an access point _ Access points management password Figure 14 Access point group change action using drag amp drop NO ACCESS POINT MANAGER USER MANUAL LEGRAND Ll legrand 5 Access point administration An access point is administered by accessing its native Web interface To do this in the access point table found on the Discovery Wireless networks Configurations and Firmwares pages click on the administration icon in the Actions column on the row corresponding to the access point to be administered Access point administration icon Example L1 legrand ACCESS POINT OVERVIEW ACCESS POINT OVERVIEW Wi Fi Access Point Settings REMOTE MANAGEMENT This page summarises the general status of your Access Point i M Highlighted areas are quick inks to configuration webpages ETHERNET INTERFACE re By clicking on the number of connected users if not zero you can display the WIRELESS INTERFACE wireless clients MAC addresses connection rates and RSSIs CONFIGURATION WIZARD as EURE AP name Agora Uptime 6 days 6 06 VLAN disabled 802 11bg Radio enabled 802 11a Radio enabled Connected users D Figure 15 Native access point Web administration interface Note For further details on the access point configuration procedure via its native interface see the user guide provided with your Legrand
26. nding to the number of zones on which the SSID is defined will be displayed wath Note It should be noted that a zone is a set of VLANs Therefore an SSID will be defined A on a zone if there is an SSID VLAN association with a VLAN belonging to the zone See section 6 3 1 1 Use of zones for the use of zones with the access point manager Each box associated with a zone contains the following information The VLAN associated with the SSID it should be noted that the manager performs automatic SSID VLAN association by default Two access point lists the left hand list relates to the access points on which the SSID is defined the right hand list relates to the list of access points available i e handled by the manager The Add and Delete buttons are used to add or remove the SSID on an access point The removal operation makes it possible to remove an SSID from one or more access points without deleting the SSID completely AJ GER USER MANUAI AC ESS POINT MAN NACE CO AOU E OOS El legrand Use of zones The Legrand controller refers to zones used to describe locations such as the reception meeting rooms or offices Security and mobility policies such as prohibition of a population to connect to an access point belonging to a given zone or display of a suitable portal for the zone may be applied to these zones In network terms a zone corresponds to a set of VLANs The zone VLAN corres
27. ng For example the following window will be displayed for the wireless network Visitors The window will display the following information The VLAN associated to the SSID Two lists of access points the left hand side list concerns the access points on which the SSID is defined and the right hand side list the available access points ie managed by the AP manager The buttons Add and Delete allow to add or remove the SSID on an access point The deletion operation allows to remove an SSID from one or several access points but will not always completely remove the SSID Oo o gt ACCESS POINT MANAGER USER MANUAL LEGRAND El legrand Deleting a wireless network To delete a wireless network click on the deletion icon found in the column entitled Actions in the wireless network table on the row corresponding to the wireless network to be deleted This action triggers the deletion of the SSID s on all the access points on which the SSID s is are defined To remove an SSID on a specific access point the SSID edit operation should be used see section above Wireless network deletion icon x l legrand Configuration management _ The access point manager can be used to manage add assign rename the configurations associated with the access points To do this click on the Configurations submenu in the left hand menu of the window The following page is displayed a L1 legrand Legrand
28. ng a configuration Firmware management page Adding new firmware Firmware addition example Assigning firmware to an access point by means of drag amp drop Downloading firmware Access point monitoring page Monitoring information display for an access point Backup Restoration page Saving the backup file User manuals El legrand Introduction Li legrand This manual is intended for system and or network administrators responsible for the administration of Legrand access points The access point manager is used for the centralised administration of an installed base of Legrand access points It performs the following main functions automatic access point detection on the network organisation of access points in groups access points administration and configuration access points monitoring The Legrand access points suitable for administration with the access point manager are the versions dedicated to the commercial sector manageable integrated in the LCS LCS2 programme running a firmware version greater than 1 6 2 2 Legrand access points dedicated to the residential sector non manageable are not supported Figure 1 Legrand access point The access point management function is available in two modes one mode integrated in the Legrand controller and accessible via the Access points management menu on the controller administration interface one standalone mode on Windows 7 and Windows XP
29. of handled access points and their settings the access point configurations the access point SSIDs the access point firmware Warning Dynamic access point information such as the number of users connected to the access point will not be backed up To backup or restore a configuration click on the Backup and Restore submenu in the left hand menu of the window The following page is displayed legrand Access points management Discovery Backup and restore configuration Wireless networks Configurations Firmwares Monitoring Backup and Restore Backup and restor Configuration backup or restore includes all configuration carned out via the administration interface Backup Backup File containing the backup Restore Parcourir Restore Update the reachable access points with the backed up configurations Select your language ee Figure 42 Backup Restoration page El legrand To backup the configuration click on the Backup button A window prompts you to save the backup file in your file system Opening sauvegarde_23042010 1 25036 tar bz2 You have chosen to open sauvegarde 23042010 125036 tar bz2 which is a Archive What should Firefox do with this file Open with WinRAR default v _ Do this automatically For Files like this From now on Figure 43 Saving the backup file Click on Save J N warning Do not open the file Do not edit the file
30. on Access point s list of the access points name of access point using this configuration Actions icons used to rename the configuration To view more information on a configuration click on the name of the configuration The additional information will be displayed in the box below the table Example Configuration details Figure 31 Detailed information display for a configuration The following information will be displayed Web interface mode HTTP HTTPS HTTP HTTPS Addressing mode autoip or static VLAN support activated or not this information will only be displayed in the case of the software version of the manager UPnP service UPnP service activation deactivation SNMP service SNMP service activation deactivation Syslog configuration Syslog service activation deactivation If the service is activated the service settings are displayed Syslog server IP address and port RADIUS configuration RADIUS server IP address and port ACCESS POINT MANAGER USER MANUAL LEGRAND 39 El legrand Adding a configuration When an access point is handled its configuration will be displayed automatically in the configuration table The manager checks beforehand that an identical configuration is not already found in the table indeed a configuration will only be displayed once even if it is used by several access points Two configurations will be conside
31. on zone by selecting the reception zone from the selectable list and click on the Add the zone button The following window is displayed Warning The radios 2 4 Ghz and 5 Ghz will be actived if needed Zone reception VLAN Active access points Available access points Delete gt gt gt En O1 Zone offices VLAN 3 Active access points _ Available access points Delete gt gt gt Figure 28 SSID editing example step 2 ACCESS POINT MANAGER USER MANUAL LEGRAND El legrand c Remove access points AP 1 and AP 2 from the office zone by moving them from the list of active access points to the list of available access points Add access points AP 1 and AP 2 to the reception zone The window below shows the result obtained 0 Wireles network change Empioyees Clase Warning The radios 2 4 Ghzand 5 Ghz will be actived if needed Zone reception VLAN Active access points Available access points AP1 AP2 lt lt lt Add Delete gt gt gt Zone offices VLAN 3 Active access points Available access points AP3 AP4 lt lt lt Add AP5 Delete gt gt gt Figure 29 SSID editing example step 3 d Click on Confirm 6 3 2 Standalone mode Zones which are specific to the Legrand controller are not included in the standalone version of the access point manager In this case only the VLAN associated with the SSID will be displayed and suitable for editi
32. pdate report ACCESS POINT MANAGER USER MANUAL LEGRAND El legrand 6 2 2 Assigning an SSID to an access point Example assigning the wireless network Internet to access point AP3 Legrand controller SELECT vour Lancuace D pisconnect EI Configuration Administration Monitoring Operations Access points management Documentation Restart Shutdown WIRELESS NETWORK MANAGEMENT Expan d gro U p 5 All access points _ Default Cu h cy Pe ea ee ae are ae eee ae RE ae aoe Ee eat ee el ee ae ee le ele IX X ma oe o ee Wireless network details To obtain detailed information about g wireless network click on the name Figure 22 Assigning an SSID to an access point by means of drag amp drop Before assigning the SSID to the access point the manager offers the following options Warning The radios 2 4 Ghzand 5 Ghz will be actived if needed N Do you want to Add the wireless network Replace all wireles networks with this one Replace the wireles network Associate to VLAN 2 Zone Defaut v Figure 23 Option selection when assigning an SSID to an access point ACCESS POINT MANAGER USER MANUAL LEGRAND Ll legrand Add the wireless network option The wireless network to be assigned will be added to the access point Replace all wireless networks with this one option All the other wireless networks on the access points w
33. pondence is performed during the Legrand controller configuration Since an SSID is always associated with a VLAN the implementation of the zones will consist of working on the SSID VLAN associations Consequently for each zone in which the SSID exists itis possible to modify its association with a VLAN in the zone the SSID may also be configured for new zones We will illustrate the use of zones through the following example Zones gt Reception zone VLAN2 on first floor gt Offices zone VLAN3 on second floor Access points The Reception zone will contain 2 access points AP1 AP2 The Offices zone will contain 3 access points AP3 AP4 AP5 SSIDs An Employees SSID will be defined on all the access points A Visitors SSID will be defined on the access points in the Reception zone The purpose of the zones in this example is to implement the following policies Authorisation for Employees type populations to connect everywhere Authorisation for Visitors type populations to connect to the reception zone but not to the offices zone Display of a portal operating in SMS mode for the reception zone Display of a standard portal username password on the office zone Ll legrand The following diagram describes this architecture Floor 1 a Visitors SSID LA Visitors SSID Employees SSID 2 ZZ Z Employees SSID Floor 2 Visitors Employees Cas Q3 Figure 25 Example of architec
34. red to be identical if the following configuration settings are identical IP addressing mode DHCP or static Web interface mode HTTPS or HTTP HTTPS VLAN support activation in the case of standalone manager mode only as in the case of the mode integrated in the Legrand controller VLAN support will always be activated on handled access points SNMP UPnP and Syslog settings RADIUS settings Configured SSIDs Types of radios activated channels used and preamble types El legrand 7 2 Assigning a configuration to an access point To assign a configuration to an access point click on the icon of the configuration in question and drag the icon to an access point or a group in the access point table Example assigning the AP_configuration_4 configuration to the group G1 Legrand controller SELECT YOUR oreconmect 2 Configuration Administration Monitoring Operations Access points management Documentation Restart 5 ACCESS POINTS CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT Expand groups AP_configuration_3 en er R ER SE ans D re Configuration details To obtain detailed information about a configuration click on the name Figure 32 Assigning a configuration to an access point group by means of drag amp drop A configuration may be assigned to an access point group in parallel on all the access points or sequentially one access point after the other The manager offers this option in a window such as that
35. s are available the Unmanaged group containing all the access points detected but not yet handled and the Default group The Default group is the group to which the access points should be transferred in order to handle them Other groups may subsequently be created see section 4 3 Adding a new group for further information on organisation in groups To view the access points detected on the network click on the Unmanaged group ACCESS POINT MANAGER USER MANUAL LEGRAND N El legrand Example Legrand controller SELECT YOUR LANGUAGE ED oisconnect E on Administration Monitoring Operations Access points management Documentation Restart Shutdown ACCESS POINTS DISCOVERY Add a group Expand groups Se e 10 10 30 087 7 A8 lt Manual addition of an access point _ Access points management password Figure 6 Detected access point display The columns in the table are used to view the access point settings with the exception of the final column which is used to trigger actions Sorting by column can be performed by clicking on the column heading The table contains the following columns 1 3 Group Access point name name of group or access point Status specifies the access point status Green dot the access point is available for contact on the network and operational Yellow dot the access point is available for contact on the network but not operational for
36. shown below ston ofthe configuration AP_oonnguration 4 onthe growp f Cse Simultaneously Sequential Figure 33 Configuration installation selection for a group Do you wantto install on all access points The advantage of the parallel method is the time saved the advantage of the sequential method is that it ensures an operational service during the configuration installation operation D ACCESS POINT MANAGER USER MANUAL LEGRAND El legrand 7 3 Deleting a configuration A configuration cannot be deleted explicitly once a configuration is no longer in use it automatically disappears from the table Warning If a new configuration is assigned to an access point the old configuration may be lost if it was only found on that access point 7 4 Renaming a configuration By default configuration names observe the following format AP_configuration lt number gt The number is incremented for each additional configuration detected To rename a configuration click on the renaming icon in the Actions column on the row corresponding to the configuration to be renamed Configuration renaming icon al This action displays a popup window prompting the entry of the new name of the configuration Rename the configuration AP_configuration_4 Close Configuration name AP_configuration_4 Cancel Rename Figure 34 Renaming a configuration Click on Rename 42 ACCESS POINT MAN
37. ss points are found on the network This group can only be viewed on the Discovery page One group named Default used as the default group for the access points handled by the manager Access points added manually to all the managed access points are inserted in this group One group named All access points used to designate all the access points It is used to perform overall operations on all the managed access points independently from their affiliation in a group This group is not displayed on the Discovery page UHHH HHH o A mgp Rh i This group based structure can be used for example to reflect the geographic distribution of the access points It can also be used to factor in wireless network configuration or firmware update operations Note The predefined groups cannot be renamed or deleted It is not possible to create subgroups El legrand The screenshot below shows an example of organisation in groups m legrand Legrand controller SELECT YOUR Lancuace tta oisconnect x Configuration Administratic onitoring Operations Access points management Documentation Restart Snhutdow ACCESS POINTS DISCOVERY Expand groups e n D ee eee eee eee SLT a Se en Re vi PE ee as 10 10 1870 ooosmaozoaac X ma aea ae se RT moe 10 10 19 232 00 04 74 02 04 44 F2 Access points management password Figure 11 Organisation of access points in groups To display or hide the access points belonging
38. ssociated with the wireless network will be displayed apr Lan j ACCESS POINT MANAGER USER MANUAL LEGRAND 24 Ll legrand 6 1 Adding a wireless network Wireless networks are added automatically when an access point is handled wireless network s defined on the access point will be displayed accordingly in the wireless network table If these wireless networks are already found on other managed access points they will not be added because a given wireless network is only displayed once in the table Two wireless network configurations will be considered to be identical if the following settings are identical name of wireless network encryption type and encryption key RADIUS settings if 802 1x authentication is used SSID but with different encryption or different RADIUS settings the manager will consider an SSID conflict to be present The new SSID will be displayed in the table but a warning message will signal the conflict Warning If when adding an access point one of its SSIDs has the same name as an existing Example 4 mstalitionorthe wireles network W fi on the group D faut Close Conflicts must be solved in order to manage the access point Replace the wireless network Wi Fi by the wireless network Internet from the access point AP9 Figure 18 Example of conflict while activiating the management of an access point 6 1 1 Automatic VLAN allocation for an SSID HHHHHHR ey
39. stalled it can only be started by double clicking on the executable When the manager is started the following page is displayed Access points management Discovery Wireless networks Access points management Configurations Firmwares Discovery Monitorning Automatically discover the access points available on the network Manage an access Backup and Restore point Organise access points in groups Access the access points configuration interface Wireless networks Apply a wireless network to one ora group of access points Modify or delete a wireless network Configurations Apply a configuration to one or a group of access points Delete or rename a configuration Firmwares Apply a firmware to one or a group of access points Add or delete a firmware Select your language Monitoring TIES Monitor the access points already managed For each access point group accessibility or not activated radio type client IP address client MAC address firmware version wireless networks connected users Backup and Restore Backup or restore access points management configuration Figure 4 Access point manager home page standalone mode Administration operations are classified in categories six categories are available The first five are the same as for the manager integrated in the Legrand controller see previous section The last category Configuration management relates to the configuration backup and restoration
40. the access point is transferred to the Default group Legrand controller SELECT YOUR LANGUAGE ED oisconnect E Configuration Administration onite ring Iperations Access points management Documentation Restart Shutdown ACCESS POINTS DISCOVERY Expand groups Manual addition of an access point Access points management password D Figure 7 Access point handling action using drag amp drop ACCESS POINT MANAGER USER MANUAL LEGRAND El legrand The access points will be organised as follows Legrand controller SELECT YOUR LANGUAGE ED oisconnect E Configuration Administration Monitoring Operations Acces management Documentation Restart Shutdown ACCESS POINTS DISCOVERY Manual addition of an access point Access points management password Figure 8 Example of access point handling Following the management of an access point the description of its configuration will be displayed along with its wireless networks in the pages accessible in the Configurations and Wireless networks menus Access points that have not been detected automatically can be handled manually To do this it is simply necessary to complete the IP address field in the Manual addition of an access point box at the bottom of the page and click on the Add button next to the field _ O1 Manual addition of an access point Figure 9 Manual access point addition for management Following th
41. ture in zones ACCESS POINT MANAGER USER MANUAL LEGRAND El legrand The access point manager will reflect the SSID organisation as follows Legrand controller SELECT YOUR pioconncot EI Configuration Administration Monitoring Operations Access points management Documentation Restart WIRELESS NETWORK MANAGEMENT Expand groups i cs ae SAR ka ae See eee ee eae ae aE ae ere eS ee NE NN i ee fl eee UE Wireless network details To obtain detailed information about wireless network click on the nome Figure 26 Example of SSID distribution To configure the manager in order to implement this zone based architecture it will be necessary to 1 Create the reception and offices zones 2 Associate the entry VLANs with the suitable zones i e VLAN 2 with the reception zone and VLAN 3 with the office zone This action will associate the Visitors SSID with the reception zone and the Employees SSID with the offices zone 3 Edit the Employees SSID so that it is defined both on the reception and offices zones Gd D ACCESS POINT MANAGER USER MANUAL LEGRAND Ll legrand a Click on the edit icon for the Employees SSID the following window is displayed 0 Wireles network change Employees Sls Warning The radios 2 4 Ghzand 5 Ghz will be actived if needed Zone offices VLAN Active access points Available access points Figure 27 SSID editing example step 1 b Add the recepti
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