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Quick Start Guide

W-118 Access Point

Arista Networks

www.arista.com

DOC-03485-01

Summary of Contents for W-118

Page 1: ...Quick Start Guide W 118 Access Point Arista Networks www arista com DOC 03485 01 ...

Page 2: ...1 866476 0000 support wifi arista com sales arista com Copyright 2018Arista Networks Inc The information contained herein is subject to change without notice Arista Networks and the Arista logo are trademarks of Arista Networks Inc in the United States and other countries Other product or service names may be trademarks or service marks of others ...

Page 3: ...ar Panel of W 118 7 Bottom Panel of W 118 9 Chapter 4 Install the W 118 11 Mount the W 118 11 Power On the W 118 14 Using the W 118 with Power Adapter 15 Connect the W 118 to the Network 15 Connect the W 118 using PoE 16 Chapter 5 W 118 Troubleshooting 17 Chapter 6 Appendix A AP Server Mutual Authentication 18 ...

Page 4: ...red by anyone who wants to install and configure the W 118 access point Document Overview This guide contains the following chapters Package Content page 4 W 118 Overview page 5 Installing the W 118 page 11 W 118 Troubleshooting page 17 Note All instances of the term server in this document refer to the Wireless Manager unless the server name or type is explicitly stated Product and Documentation ...

Page 5: ...printed on a label at the bottom of the product and the packaging box Note down the MAC address before mounting the device on the ceiling or at a location that is difficult to access If the package is not complete please contact the Arista Networks Technical Support Team at support wifi arista com or return the package to the vendor or dealer where you purchased the product ...

Page 6: ...cess point This chapter provides an overview of the W 118 and describes Right Panel of the W 118 page 5 Rear Panel of the W 118 page 7 Bottom Panel of the W 118 page 9 Right Panel of W 118 The right panel of the W 118 has 6 LEDs that indicate the functioning state of the device ...

Page 7: ...ble 1 W 118 LED Status Description LED Status Description Solid Green Power ON Power OFF Power OFF Solid Green Device connected through WAN port Ethernet port at 10 100 1000 Mbps Uplink Blinking Green Activity on WAN port Solid Green No activity on 5 GHz radio 5 GHz Blinking Green Wireless activity on 5 GHz radio ...

Page 8: ...reen Activity on third radio LAN1 2 3 Solid Green Device connected to LAN port 1 2 3 on the bottom of the device at 10 100 1000 Mbps Rear Panel of W 118 The rear panel of the W 118 has an Ethernet port labeled WAN that enables you to connect the device to a wired LAN through a switch or a hub and provides the power for the device by using the 802 3af standard ...

Page 9: ... is a wired port that facilitates extension of the wired network after the AP is mounted on the wall Another device can be plugged in to the pass through port on the bottom of the W 118 device The traffic on the pass through port does not interfere with the AP traffic No policies can be applied on the pass through port traffic RJ45 ...

Page 10: ...e Speed Protocol DC IN Enables you to connect to and power on device using 12 V DC power with 2 ampere 5 5mm overall diameter 2 1mm center pin hole Pass through port The pass through port is used to plug in a device into another wired port that is available on the wall where the AP is installed The pass through port at the rear of the device and pass through port on the bottom of the device are in...

Page 11: ...that the device has rebooted Pressing the Reset Pin Hole while the device is booting up will not have any effect You should perform this operation only when the device is running Pin hole push button Hold down and power cycle the device to reset When you reset the device the following settings are reset Config shell password is reset to config Server discovery value is erased and changed to the de...

Page 12: ...Arista Networks If multiple devices are set up to connect to multiple servers zero configuration is not possible In this case you must manually configure the APs See the Access Point Configuration Guide on our website at https www arista com en support product documentation Take a configured W 118 that is ensure that a static IP is assigned to the device or the settings have been changed for DHCP ...

Page 13: ...e W 118 12 2 Affix the mounting bracket on to the wall using the appropriate screws from the mounting accessories included in the package 3 Connect the cables to the appropriate ports in the rear side of the device ...

Page 14: ... 13 4 Mount the device on the bracket by aligning the two notches on the bracket with the two grooves on the rear panel of the device Slide the device and tighten it onto the bracket with the screw provided in the package ...

Page 15: ...the power outlet Note You should label the devices using MAC addresses or at least your own convention For example use serial numbers so that you can easily identify the devices Power On the W 118 The W 118 device can be powered on by plugging one end of the Ethernet cable into the PoE 802 3af switch or injector and the other end into the Ethernet PoE port on the W 118 Ensure the PoE source you ar...

Page 16: ...all DNS servers This entry should point to the IP address of the server 3 Ensure that DHCP is running on the subnet to which the device will be connected 4 Check the status LEDs on the device If all LEDs glow green then the device is operational and connected to the server 5 Log on to the server using ssh and run the get sensor list command You will see a list of all Arista devices that are recogn...

Page 17: ... 4 Install the W 118 16 Connect the W 118 using PoE If you are using a PoE injector make sure the data connection is plugged into a suitable switch port with proper network connectivity ...

Page 18: ...r IP based discovery and ensure that you have correctly entered the DNS name wifi security server on the DNS server Also ensure that the DNS server IP addresses are either correctly configured on the or are provided by the DHCP server It is also possible that the AP is unable to connect to the server because it has failed to authenticate with the server In this case an Authentication failed for ev...

Page 19: ...sion key The AP and server are shipped with the same default value of the shared secret The CLI commands are provided on both server and AP for changing the shared secret Note After the shared secret communication key is changed on the server all APs connected to the server will automatically be set up to use the new communication key APs that are not connected to the server at this time must be m...

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