Quickstart guide for Initializing access points

1 Initial setup

To open the EMS GUI, run the Java Web Start application (Oracle-Java8 must be installed).

1.1 Enter the server address in the browser address bar:

192.168.50.1:8080/ems/jws

To create a shortcut opening the EMS GUI on the desktop, enable temporary file storage in the Java Control Panel. Run the downloaded .jnlp file.

When loading the page, you may need a permission to run the Java application, as shown below. Select "Do not show this again for apps from the publisher and location above" and click "Run" button so that the message does not occur again.

1.2. For authorization on EMS server, enter the username admin without a password.

1.3. After authorization, the EMS GUI will open.

The main menu and controls are located under the window title.
 
1.4. Perform the initial controller setup.
Go to Administration/Server configuration/System modules menu. Open System tab and specify:

• IP address of the EMS server in the control network of the station: 192.168.50.1;

• Tomcat URL: http://192.168.50.1:8080 (used for downloading files by EMS user);

• Internal Tomcat URL: http://192.168.50.1:8080 (used for software updating via HTTP);

• Type of device system access: BY_DOMAIN.

Save your changes and click the tftpserver tab. Set the IP address for the station devices: 192.168.50.1. Click Accept and save changes you made.
Restart EMS by command sudo service eltex-ems restart or by using the Administration/Server configuration/EMS server Restart menu.
Create domains in the system. To do this, select Administrative Tools, then Rights and Users and Domains. Create the root domain root and sub domains if necessary.

2 Adding Access Points

Connect the access point to the network according to the scheme. When enabled, the access point will receive a DHCP address. In order for the point to inform the controller about its presence in the network, you must configure Option 43 with 10 DHCP suboption in which IP SoftWLC will be transmitted. Then the access point will automatically appear in EMS in the Initialization of Wi-Fi AP tab.

2.1. Create initialization rules in the Wireless/Initialization Rules Manager of access points menu. Add a rule, select a device type, specify the rule name and domain.

In the initialization rule 

• You need to activate the addition of the AP to the RADIUS database and to specify the password of the AP to RADIUS: 'eltex' ('key' field). Otherwise, users will not be able to authenticate to RADIUS.
• Fastpath AP has an option to automatically populate the domain in Global RADIUS. By enabling this section option, Global RADIUS will be automatically populated when the AP is initialized (the node domain from the AP initialization binding will be specified as the domain).
• To automatically update the software on the AP during initialization, select the Update firmware checkbox and select the firmware file transfer protocol (TFTP or HTTP).

In order for the upgrade to be performed, you must download the latest software to the server before initializing the access points. To do this, use Administration/Device firmware/Station firmware menu. The current software can be downloaded from the official website http://eltex-co.ru/catalog/enterprise_wi-fi_access_points/. Download suitable software file for each type of access points and specify the device type and subtype when downloading. Select the Set as actual checkbox to update the access point to the selected firmware version when initializing.

• To restore the default configuration on the access point before adding AP to the tree, select the Restore default configuration checkbox.
• You can select a pre-created configuration template (in the Wireless/Configuration Template Manager menu), which will be assigned to the AP. If necessary, create a template beforehand and select it when creating an initialization rule. Alternatively, edit the rule after creating the template.
• Select the protocol for SNMP packet transmission between the access point and EMS: TCP or UDP, as well as Community field values. Click Accept button, the created rule will be displayed in the AP initialization rules manager.
  

2.2. Configure the binding of the access point to the initialization rule. To do this, open the Links tab.

Binding can be performed by three types of  keys: MAC address of the access point, access point IP address (or IP address range), 13 suboption of 43 DHCP (location) option. If you specify Device Name, the access point appears with it in the tree. If you leave the field empty, MAC address and device type will be displayed as the name. You also need to specify the name of the initialization rule to bind (click  button at the end of the line to select from existing rules), the rule domain, and the node domain where the access point will be placed in the device tree. With a complex node domain hierarchy, all the required nodes will be created.

Created binding will be displayed in the AP initialization rule manager.

2.3. To initialize an access point with the specified parameters, select the root node in the left side of the window, open the Wi-Fi AP Initialization tab on the right side of the window, select the access point and click the Initialize button.

If the Automatic Initialization checkbox is selected in the Administration/Server Configuration/System Modules menu in the WirelessCommon module, the initialization will be started automatically as soon as the corresponding binding is created.

Initialization process is displayed in the Tasks tab that you may open from the Applet/View/Dashboard menu or by pressing Alt+F6 hotkey. When the process is finished, access point will be shown in the tree according to the initialization rule host domain.

For more information about managing TD initialization methods, see: v1.25_AP initialization methods and how to apply them