Managing APs

This section describes how to configure WLANWireless Local Area Network. WLAN is a 802.11 standards-based LAN that the users access through a wireless connection. SSIDsService Set Identifier. SSID is a name given to a WLAN and is used by the client to access a WLAN network., radio profiles, DHCPDynamic Host Configuration Protocol. A network protocol that enables a server to automatically assign an IP address to an IP-enabled device from a defined range of numbers configured for a given network.  profiles, VPNVirtual Private Network. VPN enables secure access to a corporate network when located remotely. It enables a computer to send and receive data across shared or public networks as if it were directly connected to the private network, while benefiting from the functionality, security, and management policies of the private network. This is done by establishing a virtual point-to-point connection through the use of dedicated connections, encryption, or a combination of the two. routes, security and firewallFirewall is a network security system used for preventing unauthorized access to or from a private network. settings, uplink interfaces, logging servers on access points (APs).

APs offer an enterprise-grade networking solution with a simple setup. The WLAN solution with APs supports simplified deployment, configuration, and management of Wi-FiWi-Fi is a technology that allows electronic devices to connect to a WLAN network, mainly using the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz radio bands. Wi-Fi can apply to products that use any 802.11 standard. networks.

APs run the ArubaOS and Aruba Instant software that virtualizes ArubaMobility Controller capabilities on 802.11802.11 is an evolving family of specifications for wireless LANs developed by a working group of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). 802.11 standards use the Ethernet protocol and Carrier Sense Multiple Access with collision avoidance (CSMA/CA) for path sharing. APs and offers a feature-rich enterprise-grade Wi-Fi solution.

In an Instant deployment scenario, only the first AP or the conductor AP that is connected to a provisioning network is configured. All other Instant APs in the same VLANVirtual Local Area Network. In computer networking, a single Layer 2 network may be partitioned to create multiple distinct broadcast domains, which are mutually isolated so that packets can only pass between them through one or more routers; such a domain is referred to as a Virtual Local Area Network, Virtual LAN, or VLAN. join the conductor AP inherit the configuration changes. The IAP clusters are configured through a common interface called Virtual Controller. A Virtual Controller represents the combined intelligence of the IAPs in a cluster.

For more information on APs, see the following topics:

• Configuring APs
• Monitoring APs