Start of operation on WLC

The web interface is enabled in initial configuration and is available via HTTPS protocol. 

1. Open a web browser, e.g. Firefox, Opera, Chrome.

2. Enter the IP address of the controller in the browser address bar. Use URL: http://<ip-address_wlc> or https://<ip-address_wlc> to access the web-interface.

If the controller is successfully detected, the authorization page will be displayed in the browser window.

4. Enter user name and password.

By default: user login — admin, user password — password.
When first entered the password should be changed, The new password should be different from the dafault one.

5. If the password is successfully changed, the "password has been changed" page will be displayed.

6. Click "Start" to go to the web interface.

Start of operation on ESR with WLC licence

On ESR devices by default the web interfaces is turned off. To activate it, use the following algorithm.

  1. Activate the web interface via HTTP or HTTPS.

    wlc# config
    wlc(config)# ip http server
    wlc(config)# ip https server
    wlc(config)# end
    wlc# commit
    wlc# confirm


  2. Open TCP port 80 for HTTP server or 443 for HTTPS in Firewall. The example below shows the port 443.
    Create web groups with 443 port.

    object-group service web
      port-range 443
    exit

    Enter the rule in trusted self.

    security zone-pair trusted self
      rule 120
        action permit
        match protocol tcp
        match destination-port object-group web
        enable
      exit
    exit

    Commit and confirm the configuration.

    commit
    confirm


  3. Open a web browser, e.g. Firefox, Opera, Chrome.

  4. Enter the IP address of the controller in the browser address bar. Use URL: http://<ip-address_wlc> or https://<ip-address_wlc> to access the web-interface.
    If the controller is successfully detected, the authorization page will be displayed in the browser window.

  5. Enter user name and password.

By default: user login — admin, user password — password.

5. Click «Log In». The «Wireless» menu will be displayed.

Main elements of the web-interface

The figure below shows the navigation elements of the web-interface. 

The user interface window is divided into five areas:

  1. Main menu buttons — to group menus by categories.
  2. Menu tabs and submenus — to manage the main information field.
  3. Edit Mode.
  4. Interface language selection button (Russian and English versions of the web-interface are available) and exit button — to terminate the web-interface session under this user.
  5. Main information field — to view submenu data.
  6. Information field — to display the software version installed on the controller.

Interface main elements:

ElementAction

Create new obkect

Remove object

Choose one or several objects

Menu for work with selected object

Update the information displayed on a page

Unregister all

Register all

Terminate all Airtune sessions

Enable Edit Mode

Monitoring

Menu "Wireless" 

Submenu "AP Locations"

The "AP Locations" submenu displays a list of locations, the distribution of APs across them, and the number of APs that are managed by the Airtune service.

This submenu also displays client information, the number of clients in each location, and the range distribution.

When moving to a location, the client table, optimization reports, access point sessions that are managed by Airtune service, optimization result and roaming statistics will be available.

Access Points

The page displays the APs that are registered and located in the selected location.

The "Total" parameter shows the number of registered APs in the selected location.

Use the "Unregister all" button to unregister the APs in the selected location. They will then move to "Access Points" → "New Access Points", if auto-registration is disabled. In case auto-registration is enabled, the APs will reappear in the location within 5 minutes.

The table contains the following information:

More information will be shown by clicking the  button:

Clients

The page contains information about the total number of clients, as well as their quantitative distribution by frequency bands.

In order to update the information on the page, click on the "Update" button.

The basic information includes the following parameters:

To display more detailed information about a particular client, select it in the list and click .

The detailed information includes the following parameters:

RRM Reports

The page displays optimization reports. By default, the last report is displayed. Select the required report date using the calendar. 

RRM reports can be filtered by frequency range. 

On the page, it is possible to start optimization by clicking on the button.  . This process will take a few minutes.

It is possible to download reports by clicking on the  button.

The "Total" parameter displays the number of radio interfaces for which optimization was performed.

Airtune sessions

The page displays data about the access points that are currently under the control of the Airtune service.

Clicking the "Terminate all Airtune sessions" button disconnects all access points from the service, but reconnect them immediately if the service is not disabled for them in the configuration.

The "Total" parameter displays the number of APs currently managed by the Airtune service.

The table shows the following information:

Airtune Sessions

The page displays the parameters of radio interfaces and the list of SSIDs on them. In order to update the information on the page, click on the button

The "Radio" table is divided by frequency bands and contains the following parameters:

"SSID" table contains:

RRM Statistics

The page displays the parameters of the access point radio interfaces after the last optimization.

The "Total" parameter displays the number of radio interfaces. This list can be sorted by frequency range. 

The table contains:

Roaming Statistics

The page displays the entire list of virtual interfaces (SSIDs) that are processed by Airtune service. The page is designed to display the current state of 802.11 k/r roaming configuration on all location access points, as well as a list of all neighbors between which the service has configured roaming.

The "Total" parameter displays the number of SSIDs configured on all access points. This list can be sorted by frequency range.

The table displays the following parameters:

Submenu "Access Points"

The section contains lists of APs that can be registered and APs that have already been authorized on the controller.

Access Points

The page displays the APs that are registered and under the control of the controller.

The "Total" parameter shows the number of registered APs.

Use the "Unregister all" button to unregister access points from maintenance. They will then move to the "New Access Points" section.

The table contains the following parameters:

Clicking the  button will display additional information:

Access Point

When clicking on the MAC address of the registered access point, the access point page will open, where the data on clients, radio interfaces and interfaces are presented.

Clients

The page contains a table of clients that are currently connected to the access point.

The "Total" parameter displays the number of clients from all frequency bands. "2.4", "5" show the number of clients in each band respectively.

The table contains the following information:

To view detailed information on the client, click on .

The client detailed information contains:

Radio

The table with basic parameters of radio interfaces is presented on the page:

Interfaces

The page contains information on all interfaces of the access point.

The "Total" parameter displays the number of interfaces on the access point.

New Access Points 

The page displays the access points that reached the controller and are waiting to be registered or are in the process of being registered.

The "Total" parameter displays the number of unregistered access points.

Access points can be registered by clicking the "Register all" button. After that they will move to the "Access Point" section.

Submenu "Configuration Warnings"

The page presents a table containing errors that occurred while configuring the controller, or warnings that parameters will not be applied for any reason.

The "Total" parameter displays the number of configuration warnings/errors.

Submenu "Journal"

The «Journal» submenu displays events and activities with access points and clients.

Access Points

The page displays a timestamped log of events with access points.

The "Total" parameter displays the number of entries in the log.

The log is updated by clicking the  button.

The log is searched by keywords in the "Message" column.

Clients

The page displays a timestamped log of Wi-Fi customer service events. 

The "Total" parameter displays the number of entries in the log.

The log is updated by clicking the  button.

The log is searched by keywords in the "Message" column.

Submenu "Clients"

The page displays the total number of clients, as well as their quantitative distribution by frequency bands. In order to update the information on the page, you should click on the «Update» button.

The table shows the basic information on the client:

To view detailed information on the client, click on  button.

The detailed description includes the following parameters: 

Menu "System"

Submenu "Device Information"

The "Device Information" submenu contains basic data about the controller system, loaded images, temperature and memory.

Menu "Wireless"

Submenu "AP Location"

The "AP location" page shows the locations available in the configuration. The table contains the basic settings for each location. 

To create, delete and edit a location, the edit mode must be enabled.

 The table contains the basic parameters for each location, such as:

To edit an existing location, click on its name in the list. Configuring a location is divided into several steps, the steps can be performed in any order.


In the factory configuration, a location named "default-location" is created with the following settings:

Local Settings

This step contains the location general settings: 

AP Networks

This section allows defining the subnets of the AP that will be configured according to the rules of this location. To create a new subnet, use the button "Create Network". 

The following parameters are available:

AP Settings

A profile with AP settings is added to the location. The presence of this profile in the location is obligatory. To add an existing profile to the location use “Attach”.

The table shows the basic settings of each profile. The complete profile settings contain:

If necessary, you can edit an existing profile by clicking on its name or create a new one. The creation procedure and description of parameters are available in the menu "AP".

SSID Profiles

SSID profile can be added into a location. To do that use "Attach".

SSID profile main settings include:

If necessary, you can edit an existing profile by clicking on its name or create a new one. The creation procedure and description of parameters are available in the menu "SSID".

Wireless Settings

To add radio profiles and airtune profiles to the location use "Attach".

The presence of radio profiles for each band in the location is obligatory. The presence of an airtune profile indicates that some of the AP radio interface parameters in the location will be controlled by airtune (if airtune is also enabled globally on the "General Settings" page). Accordingly, when airtune is enabled in a location, there is no use to change parameters related to power and radio channels in the radio profiles of that location, as they will not be applied to the APs because these parameters are automatically configured through airtune. If you want to change the channel width or channel list for auto-selection on the APs, you must first disable airtune, apply the changes, and then re-enable airtune to automatically manage the channels according to the new settings.

If necessary, you can edit an existing profile by clicking on its name or create a new one. The radio creation procedure and description of parameters are available in the menu "Radio". The airtune profiles creation procedure and description of parameters are available in the menu "Airtune".

Submenu "Profiles"

SSID 

This page shows the SSID profiles available in the configuration. SSID profiles are intended for creating wireless networks with different types of authorization for users.

To create, delete and edit a profile, the edit mode must be enabled.

The table includes general settings for each SSID profile such as:

In the factory configuration, SSID profile is created with the following settings:

Common Settings:

Advcanced Settings:

To create a new SSID profile, use the "Create Profile" button. A window with a task to create a profile with standard settings and a generated name (which can be changed) will be opened. After clicking the “Save” button, the profile page will open for customizing the settings. If you need to cancel the creation of a new profile, use the “Cancel” button.

Common Settings

The page includes the following parameters:

Advanced Settings 

The advanced settings section is located at the bottom of the page and its parameters are hidden by default. To access the advanced settings, use the button  .

The page contains the following parameters:

After setting the parameters, save and then apply and confirm the configuration changes using the corresponding buttons. If necessary, cancel the changes and delete them using the buttons "Delete" and "Rollback".

AP 

This page shows the AP settings profiles available in the configuration. These profiles allow controlling access to the AP, configuring the password and managing SSH, Telnet, HTTP/HTTPS, SNMP services, as well as enabling and configuring the logging of internal AP services and uploading logs from the AP to a TFTP server.

To create, delete and edit a profile, the edit mode must be enabled.

The table contains the basic parameters for each profile, such as:

SSH/Telnet/HTTP/HTTPS/SNMP service status are sisplayed by icons:

In the factory configuration, a profile named "default-ap" is created with the following settings:

In the factory configuration all SSH/Telnet/HTTP/HTTPS/SNMP services are disabled for default-ap profile. 

To create AP profile use the "Create Profile" button. A window with a task to create a profile with standard settings and a generated name (which can be changed) will be opened. After clicking the “Save” button, the profile page will open for customizing the settings. If you need to cancel the creation of a new profile, use the “Cancel” button.

The password is a obligatory parameter and must be set when creating the AP profile. The other parameters will be created with default values if no changes are made.

More detailed information can be found in section "AP profile configuration" and "AP Trace".

AP profile configuration 

The page contains the following parameters:

AP Trace 

The AP services trace setup page is opened by clicking the "Redirect to Trace setup mode" in the upper right corner of the AP settings profile.

In most cases, AP services have the same logging settings, but some services have individual settings. In general, the logging settings of any service contain parameters:

Band Steer, Captive Portal services have no info level logging.

Personalized service logging settings:

After configuring the settings, save and then apply the configuration using the appropriate buttons. If necessary, undo the changes and delete them using the "Delete" and "Rollback". 

Detailed information on working with the device configuration is described in the configuration section. After creating a profile, it will be displayed in the table of profiles "AP".

Radio

The page shows the radio interface settings profiles for the access points available in the configuration in the form of a table.

To create, delete and edit a profile, the edit mode must be enabled.


If an airtune profile is added to a location, some parameters of the AP radio interfaces in that location will be controlled by airtune (if airtune is also enabled globally on the "General settings" page). Accordingly, when airtune is enabled in a location, it is not reasonable to change parameters related to power and radio channels in the radio profiles of that location, as they will not be applied on the AP because these parameters are automatically configured through airtune. If you want to change the channel width or channel list for auto-selection on the APs, you must first disable airtune, apply the changes, and then re-enable airtune to automatically manage the channels according to the new settings.

The table contains the basic settings for each profile, such as:

In the factory configuration, radio profiles named "default_2g" for 2.4 GHz and "default_5g" for 5 GHz are created with the following settings:

Profile default_2g:

Profile default_5g:

To create new radio use the "Create Profile" button.

A window with a task to create a profile with standard settings and a generated name (which can be changed) will be opened. It is necessary to specify at once for which frequency range the profile is created. After clicking the “Apply” button, the profile page will open for customizing the settings. If you need to cancel the creation of a new profile, use the “Cancel” button.

The following parameters are shown on a radio profile page:

The compliance of the power parameter values for each radio interface of the AP depending on the AP model is presented in the table:


2.4 GHz
APminimal

low

middle

high

maximal

WEP-1L36101316
WEP-2L36101316
WOP-2L36101316
WOP-20L810121416
WEP-200L47101316
WEP-30L0481216
WOP-30L0481216
WOP-30LS036911
WEP-3ax68111416
WEP-2ac58111416
WEP-2ac Smart58111416
WOP-2ac:rev.B/rev.C58111416

5 GHz
APminimallowmiddlehighmaximal
WEP-1L1113151719
WEP-2L1113151719
WOP-2L1113151719
WOP-20L1113151719
WEP-200L811141719
WEP-30L05101519
WOP-30L05101519
WOP-30LS036911
WEP-3ax1012151719
WEP-2ac16101519
WEP-2ac Smart1113151719
WOP-2ac:rev.B/rev.C16101519

Limit Channels – list of radio channels for automatic selection depending on the radio air. 
By default:

Possible values:

After configuring the parameters, save and then apply the configuration using the corresponding buttons. If necessary, cancel the changes and delete them using the "Delete" and "Rollback" buttons.

RADIUS 

The page contains profiles that describe the parameters required for the access point to interact with the RADIUS server when authorizing Wi-Fi users, as well as for account collection.

To create, delete and edit a profile, the edit mode must be enabled.

The table contains main parameters for each RADIUS profile, such as:

To edit an existing profile, click on its name. The profile settings page will be displayed.

In the factory configuration, RADIUS profile is created with the following settings:

General:

Authentication:

Accounting:

To create new RADIUS profile use "Create Profiles" button.

A window with a task to create a profile with standard settings and a generated name (which can be changed) will be opened. After clicking the “Save” button, the profile page will open for customizing the settings. If you need to cancel the creation of a new profile, use the “Cancel” button.

The following parameters are shown on a RADIUS profile page:
General:

Authentication:

The address of the authorization server is an obligatory parameter when creating a profile.

The key is an obligatory parameter when creating a RADIUS profile.

Accounting:

After configuring the parameters, save and then apply the configuration using the appropriate buttons. If necessary, undo the changes and delete them using the "Delete" and "Rollback" buttons.

Airtune 

The page contains Airtune profiles available in the configuration. Profiles of this service allow you to automatically configure such parameters of access point radio interfaces as power and channels, as well as allow you to manage client balancing and roaming settings.

To create, delete and edit a profile, the edit mode must be enabled.


If an airtune profile is added to a location, some parameters of the AP radio interfaces in that location will be controlled by airtune (if airtune is also enabled globally on the "General settings" page). Accordingly, when airtune is enabled in a location, it is not reasonable to change parameters related to power and radio channels in the radio profiles of that location, as they will not be applied on the AP because these parameters are automatically configured through airtune. If you want to change the channel width or channel list for auto-selection on the APs, you must first disable airtune, apply the changes, and then re-enable airtune to automatically manage the channels according to the new settings.

The following parameters are shown:

To edit an existing profile, click on its name. The profile settings page will be displayed.

In the factory configuration, profile named "default-airtune" is created with the following settings:

General:

RRM:

Roaming:

To create new Airtune profile use "Create Profiles" button. A window with a task to create a profile with standard settings and a generated name (which can be changed) will be opened. After clicking the “Save” button, the profile page will open for customizing the settings. If you need to cancel the creation of a new profile, use the “Cancel” button.

The following parameters are shown on Airtune profile page:
General:

RRM:

The completed reports are available in the "Monitoring/Wireless/AP Location/<Name>/RRM Reports". Reports can be viewed for up to 7 days. If necessary, the report can be downloaded.

Roaming:

Parameters listed below are only aplicable for AP WEP-2ac, WEP-2ac Smart, WOP-2ac:revB and WOP-2ac:rev.C.

After configuring the parameters, save and then apply the configuration using the appropriate buttons. If necessary, undo the changes and delete them using the "Delete" and "Rollback" buttons.

Submenu "Common Settings"

This section specifies the general controller settings, access point registration mode, and general Airtune service settings.

To edit common settings, the edit mode must be enabled.

In the factory configuration, the general settings have the following values:

The page includes following parameters:

Controller Address:

Service Activator:

Airtune:

After configuring the parameters, save and then apply the configuration using the appropriate buttons. If necessary, undo the changes and delete them using the "Delete" and "Rollback" buttons.