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Omada SDN Controller User Guide

Configure and Monitor Omada Managed Devices

This chapter guides you on how to configure and monitor Omada managed devices, including gateways, switches and EAPs. You can configure the devices individually or in batches to modify the configurations of certain devices. The chapter includes the following sections:

? 6. 1 Introduction to the Devices Page

? 6. 2 Configure and Monitor the Gateway

? 6. 3 Configure and Monitor Switches

? 6. 4 Configure and Monitor EAPs

6. 1 Introduction to the Devices Page

The Devices page displays all TP-Link devices discovered by the controller and their general information.

For an easy monitoring of the devices, you can customize the column and filter the devices for a better overview of device information. Also, quick operations and Batch Edit are available for configurations.

According the connection status, the devices have the following status: Pending, Isolated, Connected, Managed by Others, Heartbeat Missed, and Disconnected. The icons in the Status column are explained as follows:

, and the controller will use the default username and password to adopt it. When adopting, its status will change from Adopting, Provisioning, Configuring, to Connected eventually.

Mesh .

Once connected to the controller, the device will send inform packets to the controller in a regular interval to maintain the connection. If the controller does not receive its inform packets in 30 seconds, the device will turn into the Heartbeat Missed status. For a heartbeat-missed device, if the controller receives an inform packet from the device in 5 minutes, its status will become Connected again; otherwise, its status will become Disconnected.

Mesh .

refer to 5. 4 Migration .

? Customize the Column

To customize the columns, click next to Action and check the boxes of information type.

To change the list order, click the column head and will appear to indicate the ascending or descending order.

? Filter the Devices

Use the search box and tab bar above the table to filter the devices.

To search the devices, enter the text in the search box or select a tag from the drop-down list. As for the device tag, refer to the general configuration of switches and EAPs .

To filter the devices, a tab bar is above the table to filter the devices by device type.

If you select the APs tab, another tab bar will be available to change the column quickly.

Overview

Mesh

Performance

Config

? Quick Operations

Click the icons in Header or the Action column to quickly adopt, locate, upgrade, or reboot the device.

icon to stop the flashing.

4. 2. 2 Services .

? Batch Edit (for Switches and EAPs)

After selecting the Gateway/Switches or APs tab, you can adopt or configure the switches or EAPs in batches. Batch Config is available only for the devices in Connected/Disconnected/Heartbeat Missed/Isolated status, while Batch Adopt is available for the devices in the Pending/Managed By Others status.

Click Batch Action. select Batch Adopt , click the checkboxes of devices, and click Done . If the selected devices are all in the Pending status, the controller will adopt then with the default username and password. If not, enter the username and password manually to adopt the devices.

Click Batch Action , select Batch Config , click the checkboxes of devices, and click Done . Then the Properties window appears. There are two tabs in the window: Devices and Config.

In Devices, you can click to remove the device from the current batch configuration.

In Config, all settings are Keep Existing by default. For detailed configurations, refer to the configuration of switches and EAPs .

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6. 2 Configure and Monitor the Gateway

In the Properties window, you can configure the gateway managed by the controller and monitor the performance and statistics. By default, all configurations are synchronized with the current site.

To open the Properties window, click the entry of a router. A monitor panel and several tabs are listed in the Properties window. Most features to be configured are gathered in the Config tab, such as IP, SNMP, IPTV, and Hardware Offload, while other tabs are mainly used to monitor the devices.

Note:

? You can adopt only one router in one site.

? The available functions in the window vary due to the model and status of the device.

6. 2. 1 Configure the Gateway

In the Properties window, click Config and then click the sections to configure the features applied to the router, including general settings, SNMP, IPTV, and advanced functions.

? General

In General, you can specify the device name and LED settings of the router.

Name

LED

Use Site Settings : The device’s LED will work following the settings of the site. To view and modify the site settings, refer to 4. 2. 2 Services .

On / Off : The device’s LED will keep on/off.

? Services

In Services, you can configure SNMP to write down the location and contact detail, and enable IGMP Proxy to detect multicast number group memberships. You can also click Manage to jump to Settings > Services > SNMP , and for detailed configuration of SNMP service, refer to 4. 10. 2 SNMP .

? Advanced

In Advanced, you can configure Hardware Offload, LLDP (Link Layer Discovery Protocol) and Echo Server to make better use of network resources.

Hardware Offload

Note that this feature cannot take effect if QoS, Bandwidth Control, or Session Limit is enabled. To configure Bandwidth Control and Session Limit for the router, refer to 4. 6 Transmission .

LLDP

Echo Server

Custom , enter the IP address or hostname of your custom server.

? Manage Device

In Manage Device, you can upgrade the device’s firmware version manually, move it to another site, synchronize the configurations with the controller, and forget the router.

Custom Upgrade

Browse and choose a file from your computer to upgrade the device. When upgrading, the device will be reboot and readopted by the controller. You can also check the box of Upgrade all devices of the same model in the site after the firmware file is uploaded.

Move to Site

Force Provision

Force Provision to synchronize the configurations of the device with the controller. The device will lose connection temporarily, and be adopted to the controller again to get the configurations from the controller.

Forget

Forget and then the device will be removed from the controller. Once forgotten, all configurations and history related to the device will be wiped out.

? Common Settings

In Common Settings, you can click the path to jump to corresponding modules quickly.

6. 2. 2 Monitor the Gateway

One panel and three tabs are provided to monitor the device in the Properties window: Monitor Panel, Details, Networks, and Statistics.

The monitor panel displays the router’s ports, and it uses colors and icons to indicate different connection status and port types. When the router is pending or disconnected, all ports are disabled.

You can hover the cursor over the port icon for more details.

In Details, you can view the basic information of the router and statistics of WAN ports to know the device’s running status briefly.

? Overview

In Overview, you can view the basic information of the device. The listed information varies due to the device’s status.

? SFP WAN/WAN

In SFP WAN/WAN, you can view the basic information and statistics of the WAN port, such as the IP address, speed, duplex, and upload and download traffic.

In Networks, you can view the network information of the router, including the Network name, IP address, transmitted and received traffics of LAN interfaces in the network, and number of clients.

Statistics

In Statistics, you can monitor the CPU and memory of the device in last 24 hours via charts. To view statistics of the device in a certain period, click the chart to jump to 8. 2 View the Statistics of the Network .

6. 3 Configure and Monitor Switche s

In the Properties window, you can configure one or some switches connected to the controller and monitor the performance and statistics. Configurations changed in the Properties window will be applied only to the selected switch(es). By default, all configurations are synchronized with the current site.

To open the Properties window, click the entry of a switch, or click Batch Action , and then Batch Config to select switches for batch configuration. A monitor panel and several tabs are listed in the Properties window. Most features to be configured are gathered in the Ports and Config tab, such as the port mirroring, IP address, and Management VLAN, while other tabs are mainly used to monitor the devices.

Note:

? The available functions in the window vary due to the model and status of the device.

? In Batch Config, you can only configure the selected devices, and the unaltered configurations will keep the current settings.

6. 3. 1 Configure Switches

In the Properties window, you can view and configure the profiles applied to ports in Ports, and in Config, you can configure the switch features.

Port and LAG are two tabs designed for physical ports and LAGs (Link Aggregation Groups), respectively. Under the Port tag, all ports are listed but you can configure physical ports only, including overriding the applied profiles, configuring Port Mirroring, and specifying ports as LAGs. Under the LAG tag, all LAGs are listed and you can view and modify the configurations of existing LAGs.

? Port

In Port, you can view and configure all ports?names and applied profiles.

Status

: The port profile is Disabled. To enable it, click to change the profile.

: The port is enabled, but no device or client is connected to it.

: The port is running at 1000 Mbps.

: The port is running at 10/100 Mbps.

Profile

Action

: Click to edit the port name and configure the profile applied to the port.

: (For PoE ports) Click to reboot the connected powered devices (PDs).

To configure a single port, click in the table. To configure ports in batches, click the checkboxes and then click Edit Selected . Then you can configure the port name and profile. By default, all settings are Keep Existing for batch configuration.

Name

Profile

Manage Profiles to jump to view and manage profiles. For details, refer to 4. 3 Configure Wired Networks .

Profile Overrides

With Profile Overrides enabled, select an operation mode and configure the following parameters to override the applied profile , configure a mirroring port , or configure a LAG .

? Override the Applied Profile

If you select Switching for Operation, configure the following parameters and click Apply to override the applied profile. To discard the modifications, click Remove Overrides and all profile configurations will become the same as the applied profile.

PoE Mode

Off : Disable PoE function on the PoE port.

802.3at/af : Enable PoE function on the PoE port.

802.1X Control

Settings > Authentication > 802.1X .

Auto: The port is unauthorized until the client is authenticated by the authentication server successfully.

Force Authorized: The port remains in the authorized state, sends and receives normal traffic without 802.1X authentication of the client.

Force Unauthorized: The port remains in the unauthorized state, and the client connected to the port cannot authenticate with any means. The switch cannot provide authentication services to the client through the port.

Link Speed

Auto : The port negotiates the speed and duplex automatically.

Manual : Specify the speed and duplex from the drop-down list manually.

Port Isolation

Loopback Control

Off : Disable loopback control on the port.

Loopback Detection : Select loopback detection and it helps prevent loops on the port. It is used to detect loops that occurr on a specific port. When a loop is detected on a port, the switch will block the corresponding port .

STP : Select STP (Spanning Tree Protocal) to prevent loops in the network. STP helps block specific ports of the switches to build a loop-free topology and detect topology changes and automatically generate a new loop-free topology. To make sure Spanning Tree takes effect on the port, go to the Config tab and enable Spanning Tree on the switch.

LLDP-MED

Bandwidth Control

Off: Disable Bandwidth Control for the port.

Rate Limit: Select Rate limit to limit the ingress/egress traffic rate on each port. With this function, the network bandwidth can be reasonably distributed and utilized.

Storm Control: Select Storm Control to allow the switch to monitor broadcast frames, multicast frames and UL-frames (Unknown unicast frames) in the network. If the transmission rate of the frames exceeds the specified rate, the frames will be automatically discarded to avoid network broadcast storm.

Ingress Rate Limit

Egress Rate Limit

Broadcast Threshold

Multicast Threshold

Unknown Unicast Threshold

Action

Drop : With Drop selected, the port will drop the subsequent frames when the traffic exceeds the limit.

Shutdown : With Shutdown selected, the port will be shutdown when the traffic exceeds the limit.

Recover Time

? Configure a Mirroring Port

If you select Mirroring as Operation, the edited port can be configured as a mirroring port. Specify other ports as the mirrored port, and the switch sends a copy of traffics passing through the mirrored port to the mirroring port. You can use mirroring to analyze network traffic and troubleshoot network problems.

To configure Mirroring, select the mirrored port or LAG, specify the following parameters, and click Apply . To discard the modifications, click Remove Overrides and all profile configurations become the same as the applied profile.

Note that the mirroring ports and the member ports of LAG cannot be selected as mirrored ports.

PoE Mode

Off : Disable PoE on the PoE port.

802.3at/af : Enable PoE on the PoE port.

Link Speed

Auto : The port negotiates the speed and duplex automatically.

Manual : Specify the speed and duplex from the drop-down list manually.

Bandwidth Control

Off : Disable bandwidth control on the port.

Rate Limit : Enable bandwidth control on the port, and you need to specify the ingress and/or egress rate limit.

Ingress Rate Limit

Rate Limit selected, click the checkbox and specify the upper rate limit for receiving packets on the port. With this function, the network bandwidth can be reasonably distributed and utilized.

Egress Rate Limit

Rate Limit selected, click the checkbox and specify the upper rate limit for sending packets on the port. With this function, the network bandwidth can be reasonably distributed and utilized.

? Configure a LAG

If you select Aggregating as Operation, you can aggregate multiple physical ports into a logical interface, which can increase link bandwidth and enhance the connection reliability.

Configuration Guidelines:

? Ensure that both ends of the aggregation link work in the same LAG mode. For example, if the local end works in LACP mode, the peer end should also be set as LACP mode.

? Ensure that devices on both ends of the aggregation link use the same number of physical ports with the same speed, duplex, jumbo and flow control mode.

? A port cannot be added to more than one LAG at the same time.

? LACP does not support half-duplex links.

? One static LAG supports up to eight member ports. All the member ports share the bandwidth evenly. If an active link fails, the other active links share the bandwidth evenly.

? One LACP LAG supports multiple member ports, but at most eight of them can work simultaneously, and the other member ports are backups. Using LACP protocol, the switches negotiate parameters and determine the working ports. When a working port fails, the backup port with the highest priority will replace the faulty port and start to forward data.

? The member port of an LAG follows the configuration of the LAG but not its own. Once removed, the LAG member will be configured as the default All profile and Switching operation.

? The port enabled with Port Security, Port Mirror, MAC Address Filtering or 802.1X cannot be added to an LAG, and the member port of an LAG cannot be enabled with these functions.

To configure a new LAG, select other ports to be added to the LAG, specify the LAG ID, and choose a LAG type. Click Apply . To discard the modifications, click Remove Overrides and all profile configurations become the same as the applied profile. For other parameters, configure them under the LAG tab.

LAG ID

The valid value of the LAG ID is determined by the maximum number of LAGs supported by your switch. For example, if your switch supports up to 14 LAGs, the valid value ranges from 1 to 14.

Static LAG

LACP

? LAG

LAGs (Link Aggregation Groups) are logical interfaces aggregated, which can increase link bandwidth and enhance the connection reliability. You can view and edit the LAGs under the LAG tab. To configure physical ports as a LAG, refer to Configure a LAG .

Status

: The LAG profile is Disable. To enable it, click to change the profile.

: The port is enabled, but no device or client is connected to it.

: The LAG ports are running at 1000 Mbps.

: The LAG port are running at 10/100 Mbps.

Ports

Profile

Action

: Click to edit the port name and configure the profile applied to the port.

: Click to delete the LAG. Once deleted, the ports will be configured as the default All profile and Switching operation. You can configure the ports under the Port tab.

Click to configure the LAG name and the applied profile.

Name

Profile

Manage Profiles to jump to view and manage profiles. For details, refer to 4. 3 Configure Wired Networks .

Profile Overrides

With Profile Overrides enabled, you can reselect the LAG members and configure the following parameters.

Link Speed

Auto : The port negotiates the speed and duplex automatically.

Manual : Specify the speed and duplex from the drop-down list manually.

Port Isolation

Loopback Control

Off : Disable loopback control on the port.

Loopback Detection : Select loopback detection and it helps prevent loops on the port. It is used to detect loops that occurr on a specific port. When a loop is detected on a port, the switch will block the corresponding port .

STP : Select STP (Spanning Tree Protocal) to prevent loops in the network. STP helps block specific ports of the switches to build a loop-free topology and detect topology changes and automatically generate a new loop-free topology. To make sure Spanning Tree takes effect on the port, go to the Config tab and enable Spanning Tree on the switch.

Bandwidth Control

Off: Disable Bandwidth Control for the port.

Rate Limit: Select Rate limit to limit the ingress/egress traffic rate on each port. With this function, the network bandwidth can be reasonably distributed and utilized.

Storm Control: Select Storm Control to allow the switch to monitor broadcast frames, multicast frames and UL-frames (Unknown unicast frames) in the network. If the transmission rate of the frames exceeds the specified rate, the frames will be automatically discarded to avoid network broadcast storm.

Ingress Rate Limit

Egress Rate Limit

Broadcast Threshold

Multicast Threshold

Unknown Unicast Threshold

Action

Drop : With Drop selected, the port will drop the subsequent frames when the traffic exceeds the limit.

Shutdown : With Shutdown selected, the port will be shutdown when the traffic exceeds the limit.

Recover Time

Config

In Config , click the sections to configure the features applied to the selected switch(es), including the general settings, services, and networks.

? General

In General, you can specify the device name and LED settings of the switch, and categorize it via device tags.

Name

LED

Use Site Settings : The device’s LED will work following the settings of the site. To view and modify the site settings, refer to 4. 2. 2 Services .

On / Off : The device’s LED will keep on/off.

Device Tags

? VLAN Interface

In VLAN Interface, you can configure Management VLAN and different VLAN interface for the switch. The general information of the existing VLAN interface are displayed in the table.

To configure a single VLAN interface, hover the mouse on the entry and click to edit the settings.

Management VLAN

The management VLAN is a VLAN created to enhance the network security. Without Management VLAN, the configuration commands and data packets are transmitted in the same network. There are risks of unauthorized users accessing the management page and modifying the configurations. A management VLAN can separate the management network from the data network and lower the risks.

IP Address Mode (when Management VLAN disabled)

Static : Assign an IP address to the interface manually, specify the IP Address and Subnet Mask for the interface.

When the VLAN interface is set as the Management VLAN, it is optional for you to specify the Default Gateway and Primary/Secondary DNS for the interface.

DHCP : Assign an IP address to the interface through a DHCP server.

When the VLAN interface is set as the Management VLAN, you can further enable Fallback IP Address , and specify the Fallback IP Address , Fallback IP Mask , and Fallback Gateway (optional). If the VLAN interface fails to get an IP addrss from the DHCP server, the fallback IP address will be used for the interface.

DHCP Option 12

DHCP Mode

None : Do not use DHCP to assign IP addresses.

DHCP Server : Assign an IP address to the clients through a DHCP server.

When DHCP Server is selected, you can specify the DHCP Range , and the IP addresses in the range can be assigned to the clients in the VLAN. Also, it is optional for you to specify the DHCP Option 138 , Primary/Seconday DNS , Default Gateway , and Lease Time . DHCP Option 138 informs the DHCP client of the controller's IP address when the client sends a request to the DHCP server, and specify Option 138 as the controller's IP address here. Lease Time decides how long the client can use the assigned IP address.

DHCP Relay : It allows clients in the VLAN to obtain IP addresses from a DHCP server ion different subnet. When DHCP Relay is selected, specify the IP address of the DHCP server in Server Address .

? Static Route

In Static Route, you can configure entries of static route for the switch. The general information of the existing static route entries are displayed in the table. For an existing static route, click to edit the settings, and click to delete it.

To add a new static route entry, click and configure the parameters.

Status

Destination IP/Subnet

+ Add Subnet to specify multiple Destination IP/Subnets and click to delete them.

Next Hop

Distance

? Services

In Services, you can configure Management VLAN, Loopback Control and SNMP.

Management VLAN

To configure the Management VLAN, please go to Config > VLAN Interface . Note that the controller will fail to manage your devices with wrong Management VLAN configurations. If you are not sure about your network conditions and the potential impact of any configurations, we recommend that you keep the default configurations.

Loopback Detection

Note that Lopback Detection and Spanning Tree are not availiable at the same time.

Spanning Tree

Select a mode for Spanning tree. This feature is avaliable only when Loopback Detection is disabled.

Off : Disable Spanning Tree on the switch.

STP : Enable STP (Spanning Tree Protocal) to prevent loops in the network. STP helps to block specific ports of the switches to build a loop-free topology and detect topology changes and automatically generate a new loop-free topology.

RSTP : Enable RSTP (Rapid Spanning Tree Protocal) to prevent loops in the network. RSTP provides the same features as STP with faster spanning ree convergence.

Priority : When STP/RSTP enabled, specify the priority for the swith in Spanning Tree. In STP/RSTP, the switch with the highest priority will be selected as the root of the spanning tree. The switch with the lower value has the higher priority.

SNMP

Manage to jump to Settings > Services > SNMP , and for detailed configuration of SNMP service, refer to 4. 10. 2 SNMP .

? IP Settings (Only for configuring a single device)

In IP Settings, select an IP mode and configure the parameters for the device.

If you select DHCP as the mode, make sure there is a DHCP server in the network and then the device will obtain dynamic IP address from the DHCP server automatically. You can set a fallback IP address to hold an IP address in reserve for the situation in which the device fails to get a dynamic IP address. Enable Fallback IP and then set the IP address, IP mask and gateway.

If you select Static as the mode, set the IP address, IP mask, gateway, and DNS server for the static address.

? Manage Device

In Manage Device, you can upgrade the device’s firmware version manually, move it to another site, synchronize the configurations with the controller and forget the switch.

Custom Upgrade

Browse and choose a file from your computer to upgrade the device. When upgrading, the device will be reboot and readopted by the controller. You can also check the box of Upgrade all devices of the same model in the site after the firmware file is uploaded.

Move to Site

Force Provision

Force Provision to synchronize the configurations of the device with the controller. The device will lose connection temporarily, and be adopted to the controller again to get the configurations from the controller.

Forget

Forget and then the device will be removed from the controller. Once forgotten, all configurations and history related to the device will be wiped out.

6. 3. 2 Monitor Switches

One panel and four tabs are provided to monitor the device in the Properties window: Monitor Panel, Details, Clients, and Statistics.

The monitor panel displays the switch’s ports and uses colors and icons to indicate the connection status and port type. When the switch is pending or disconnected, all ports are disabled.

PoE

Uplink

Mirroring

STP Blocking

You can hover the cursor over the port icon (except disabled ports) for more details. The displayed information varies due to connection status and port type.

Status

Tx Bytes

Rx Bytes

Profile

4. 8 Create Profiles .

PoE Power

Uplink

Displays the name of device connected to the uplink port.

Mirroring From

Displays the name of port that is mirrorred.

LAG ID

Displays the name of ports that are aggregated into a logical interface.

In Details, you can view the basic information, traffic information, and radio information of the device to know the device’s running status.

? Overview

In Overview, you can view the basic information of the device. The listed information will be varied due to the device’s model and status.

? Uplink (Only for the switch connected to an Omada-managed router/switch in Connected status)

Click Uplink to view the uplink information, including the uplink port, the uplink device, the negotiation speed, and transmission rate.

? Downlink (Only for the switch connected to Omada-managed devices in Connected status)

Click Downlink to view the downlink information, including the downlink ports, devices name and model as well as negotiation speed.

In Clients, you can view the information of clients connected to the switch, including the client name, IP address and the connected port. You can click the client name to open its Properties window.

Statistics

In Statistics, you can monitor the CPU and memory of the device in last 24 hours via charts. To view statistics of the device in certain period, click the chart to jump to 8. 2 View the Statistics of the Network .

6. 4 Configure and Monitor EAPs

In the Properties window, you can configure one or some EAPs connected to the controller and monitor the performance and statistics. Configurations changed in the Properties window will be applied only to the selected AP(s). By default, all configurations are synchronized with the current site.

To open the Properties window, click the entry of an AP, or click Batch Action , and then Batch Config to select APs for batch configuration. A monitor panel and several tabs are listed in the Properties window. Most features to be configured are gathered in the Config tab, such as IP, radios, SSID, and VLAN, while other tabs are mainly used to monitor the device.

Note:

? The available functions in the window vary due to the model and status of the device.

? In Batch Config, you can only configure the selected devices, and the unaltered configurations will keep the current settings.

? In Batch Config, if some functions, such as the 5 GHz band, are available only on some selected EAPs, the corresponding configurations will not take effect. To configure them successfully, check the model of selected devices first.

6. 4. 1 Configure EAPs

In the Properties window, click Config and then click the sections to configure the features applied to the selected AP(s), including the general settings, IP settings, Radios, SSIDs, VLAN, SNMP, and advanced functions.

? General

In General, you can specify the device name and LED settings of the AP, and categorize it via device tags.

Name

LED

Use Site Settings : The device’s LED will work following the settings of the site. To view and modify the site settings, refer to 4. 2. 2 Services .

On / Off : The device’s LED will keep on/off.

Device Tags

? IP Settings (Only for configuring a single device)

In IP Settings, select an IP mode and configure the parameters for the device.

If you select DHCP as the mode, make sure there is a DHCP server in the network and then the device will obtain dynamic IP address from the DHCP server automatically. You can set a fallback IP address to hold an IP address in reserve for the situation in which the device fails to get a dynamic IP address. Enable Fallback IP and then set the IP address, IP mask and gateway.

If you select Static as the mode, set the IP address, IP mask, gateway, and DNS server for the static address.

? Radios

In Radios, you can control how and what type of radio signals the EAP emits. Select the frequency band and configure the following parameters.

Status

Channel Width

Note that the option 20/40 MHz and 20/40/80 MHz channels enable higher data rates but leave fewer available channels for other 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz devices.

Channel

Auto for the channel setting, the EAP scans available channels and selects the channel where the least amount of traffic is detected.

Tx Power

Low : Min. TxPower + (Max. TxPower-Min. TxPower) * 20% (round off the value)

Medium : Min. TxPower + (Max. TxPower-Min. TxPower) * 60% (round off the value)

High : Max. TxPower

Custom : Specify the value manually.

? WLANs

In WLANs, you can apply the WLAN group to the EAP and specify a different SSID name and password to override the SSID in the WLAN group. After that, clients can only see the new SSID and use the new password to access the network. To create or edit WLAN groups, refer to 4. 4 Configure Wireless Networks .

(Only for configuring a single device) To override the SSID, select a WLAN group, click in the entry and then the following page appears.

SSID Override

VLAN

? Services

In Services, you can configure Management VLAN to protect your network and SNMP to write down the location and contact detail.

Management VLAN

LAN first, and then select it as the management VLAN on this page. For details, refer to 4. 3 Configure Wired Networks .

SNMP

Manage to jump to Settings > Services > SNMP , and for detailed configuration of SNMP service, refer to 4. 10. 2 SNMP .

? Advanced

In Advanced, configure Load Balance and QoS to make better use of network resources. Load Balance can control the client number associated to the EAP, while QoS can optimize the performance when handling differentiated wireless traffics, including traditional IP data, VoIP (Voice-over Internet Protocol), and other types of audio, video, streaming media.

Select the frequency band and configure the following parameters and features.

Max Associated Clients

RSSI Threshold

ETH VLAN/ETH2 VLAN/ETH3 VLAN

ETH3 PoE Out

Wi-Fi Multimedia (WMM)

maintains the priority of audio and video packets for better media performance.

No Acknowledgment

Unscheduled Automatic Power Save Delivery

OFDMA

? Manage Device

In Manage Device, you can upgrade the device’s firmware version manually, move it to another site, synchronize the configurations with the controller and forget the AP.

Custom Upgrade

Browse and choose a file from your computer to upgrade the device. When upgrading, the device will be reboot and readopted by the controller. You can also check the box of Upgrade all devices of the same model in the site after the firmware file is uploaded.

Move to Site

Force Provision

Force Provision to synchronize the configurations of the device with the controller. The device will lose connection temporarily, and be adopted to the controller again to get the configurations from the controller.

Forget this AP

Forget and then the device will be removed from the controller. Once forgotten, all configurations and history related to the device will be wiped out.

6. 4. 2 Monitor EAPs

One panel and four tabs are provided to monitor the device in the Properties window: Monitor Panel, Details, Clients, Mesh, and Statistics.

The monitor panel illustrates the active channel information on each radio band, including the EAP’s operation channel, radio mode and channel utilization. Four colors are used to indicate the percentage of Rx Frames (blue), Tx Frames (green), Interference (orange), and Free bandwidth (gray).

You can hover the cursor over the channel bar for more details.

Ch.Util.(Busy/Rx/Tx)

Busy : Displays the sum of Tx, Rx, and also non-WiFi interference, which indicates how busy the channel is.

Rx : Indicates how often the radio is in active receive mode.

Tx : Indicates how often the radio is in active transmit mode.

Tx Pkts/Bytes

Rx Pkts/Bytes

Tx Error/Dropped

Rx Error/Dropped

Details

In Details, you can view the basic information, traffic information, and radio information of the device to know the device’s running status.

? Overview

In Overview, you can view the basic information of the device. The listed information varies due to the device’s status.

? LAN (Only for devices in the Connected status)

Click LAN to view the traffic information of the LAN port, including the total number of packets, the total size of data, the total number of packets loss, and the total size of error data in the process of receiving and transmitting data.

? Uplink (Wireless) (Only for devices in the Connected status)

Click Uplink (Wireless) to view the traffic information related to the uplink AP, including the signal strength, transmission rate, ratio of packets number and size, and dynamic downstream rate.

? Radios (Only for devices in the Connected status)

Click Radio to view the radio information including the frequency band, the wireless mode, the channel width, the channel, and the transmitting power. You can also view parameters of receiving/ transmitting data on each radio band.

In Clients, you can view the information of users and guests connecting to the AP, including client name, MAC address and the connected SSID. Users are clients connected to the AP’s SSID with Guest Network disabled, while Guests are clients connected to that with Guest Network enabled. You can click the client name to open its Properties window.

Mesh (Only for pending/connected/ isolated devices supporting Mesh)

Mesh is used to establish a wireless network or expand a wired network through wireless connection on 5 GHz radio band. In practical application, it can help users to conveniently deploy APs without requiring Ethernet cable. After mesh network establishes, the EAPs can be configured and managed in Omada controller in the same way as wired EAPs. Meanwhile, because of the ability to self-organize and self-configure, mesh also can efficiently reduce the configuration.

Note that only certain EAP models support Mesh, and the EAPs should be in the same site to establish a Mesh network.

To understand how mesh can be used, the following terms used in Omada Controller will be introduced:

Root AP

Isolated AP

Mesh AP

Uplink AP/Downlink AP

Wireless Uplink

Hops

A common mesh network is shown as below. Only the root AP is connected by an Ethernet cable, while other APs have no wired data connection. Mesh allows the isolated APs to communicate with pre-configured root AP on the network. Once powered up, factory default or unadopted EAPs can detect the EAP in range and make itself available for adoption in the controller.

After all the EAPs are adopted, a mesh network is established. The EAPs connected to the network via wireless connection also can broadcast SSIDs and relay network traffic to and from the network through the uplink AP.

To build a mesh network, follow the steps below:

1 ) Enable Mesh function.

2 ) Adopt the Root AP.

3 ) Set up wireless uplink by adopting APs in Pending(Wireless) or Isolated status.

1. Go to Settings > Site to make sure Mesh is enabled.

2. Go to Devices to make sure that the Root AP has been adopted by the controller. The status of the Root AP is Connected.

3. Install the EAP that will uplink the Root AP wirelessly. Make sure the intended location is within the range of Root AP. The EAPs that is waiting for Wireless Uplink includes two cases: factory default EAPs and EAPs that has been managed by the controller before. Go to Devices to adopt an EAP in Pending (Wireless) status or link an isolated AP.

1) For the factory default EAP, after powering on the device, the EAP will be in Pending (Wireless) status with the icon in the controller. Click to adopt the EAP in Pending (Wireless) status in the Devices list.

After adoption begins, the status of Pending (Wireless) EAP will become Adopting (Wireless) and then Connected (Wireless). It should take roughly 2 minutes to show up Connected (Wireless) with the icon within your controller.

2) For the EAP that has been managed by Omada Controller before and cannot reach the gateway, it goes into Isolated status when it is discovered by controller again. Click to connect the Uplink AP in the Devices list.

The following page will be shown as below, click Link to connect the Uplink AP.

Once mesh network has been established, the EAP can be managed by the controller in the same way as a wired EAP. You can click the EAP’s name in the Devices list, and click Mesh to view and configure the mesh parameters of the EAP in the Properties window.

In Mesh , if the selected AP is an uplink AP, this page lists all downlink APs connected to the AP.

If the selected AP is a downlink AP, this page lists all available uplink APs and their channel, signal strength, hop, and the number of downlink APs. You can click Rescan to search the available uplink APs and refresh the list, and click Link to connect the uplink AP and build up a mesh network.

Tips:

? You can manually select the uplink AP that you want to connect in the uplink AP list. To build a mesh network with better performance, we recommend that you select the uplink AP with the strongest signal, least hop and least downlink AP.

? You can enable Auto Failover to make the controller automatically select an uplink AP for the isolated AP to establish Wireless Uplink. And the controller will automatically select a new uplink AP for the mesh EAPs when the original uplink fails. For more details about Mesh global configurations, refer to the Mesh feature in 4. 2. 2 Services .

In Tools, you can enable RF Scanning to scan the RF (Radio Frequency) environments around the AP, which is useful for spectral analysis in channel selection and planning.

Note:

? The RF scanning may take several minutes. During the scanning, all clients using this AP will be disconnected, and the AP will be offline. You should select a spare time of network to start scanning.

? The APs in the mesh network do not support RF Scanning.

Select the frequency band to view and analyze the scan results.

Each colored bar graph displays the information about channel utilization and interference on a channel. The filling area of the bar represents the channel utilization. And the larger filling area means the higher utilization, which indicates the channel is busier in transmitting data. The color shade represents the level of interference. And the legend is displayed at the top.

The 2.4 GHz results are displayed in channel widths of 20 and 40 MHz. The 5 GHz results are displayed in channel widths of 20, 40, and 80 MHz.

The number below the bar graph displays the corresponding channel number for each channel width option. For example, channels 42, 58 and 106 are three of the 80 MHz channels. And the channel outline in blue is in use currently.

You can hover the cursor over a channel option for more details.

Radio

Channel Width

Used Channels

Frequency Range

Utilization

Displays the percentage of the frequency range already in use.

Interference

Displays the level of interference.

Interference Type

Displays the type of interface, including MWO (Microwave Oven), CW (Continuous Wave), WLAN (Wi-Fi signals) and FHSS (Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum).

In Statistics, you can monitor the utilization of the device in last 24 hours via charts, including CPU/Memory Monitor, Channel Utilization, Dropped Packets, and Retried Packets. To view statistics of the device in certain period, click the chart to jump to 8. 2 View the Statistics of the Network .

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