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Application Example

This chapter provides an application example about how to establish and manage a EAP
wireless network:

A restaurant wants to provide the wireless internet access for the employees and guests.
The restaurant now has a router, a switch, a dual-band EAP and a computer. Follow the
steps below to establish the wireless network:

Determine the Network Requirements

Build the Network Topology

Configure the EAP

Test the Network

Summary of Contents for Omada EAP620

Page 1: ... Omada Access Points 1910012768 REV4 6 0 June 2020 Questo manuale d istruzione è fornito da trovaprezzi it Scopri tutte le offerte per TP Link EAP620 HD o cerca il tuo prodotto tra le migliori offerte di Wireless e Bluetooth ...

Page 2: ... 5 Configure and Manage the EAP 13 2 Configure the Network 14 2 1 Configure the Wireless Parameters 15 2 1 1 Configure SSIDs 16 2 1 2 Configure Wireless Advanced Settings 22 Radio Setting 22 Load Balance 24 Airtime Fairness 24 More Settings 25 2 2 Configure Portal Authentication 26 Configure Portal 27 Configure Free Authentication Policy 33 2 3 Configure VLAN 35 2 4 Configure MAC Filtering 36 2 5 ...

Page 3: ...Clients 58 View Client Information 59 View Block Client Information 60 4 Manage the EAP 61 4 1 Manage the IP Address of the EAP 62 4 2 Manage System Logs 64 View System Logs 65 Configure the Way of Receiving Logs 65 4 3 Configure Web Server 67 4 4 Configure Management Access 68 Configure Access MAC Management 68 Configure Management VLAN 69 4 5 Configure LED 70 4 6 Configure Wi Fi Control Only for...

Page 4: ...oot and Reset the EAP 83 5 5 Backup and Restore the Configuration 84 5 6 Update the Firmware 84 6 Application Example 86 6 1 Determine the Network Requirements 87 6 2 Build the Network Topology 87 6 3 Log in to the EAP 88 6 4 Configure the EAP 89 Configure SSIDs 89 Configure Portal Authentication 90 Configure Scheduler 92 6 5 Test the Network 93 Appendix Omada App 96 1 Install Omada App on the Mob...

Page 5: ...ard 802 11 specifications Range and coverage specifications along with the number of connected devices were defined according to test results under normal usage conditions Actual wireless transmission rate wireless coverage and number of connected devices are not guaranteed and will vary as a result of 1 environmental factors including building materials physical objects and obstacles 2 network co...

Page 6: ...uide can be found where you find this guide or inside the package of the EAP The authentication information can be found where you find this guide Specifications can be found on the product page at https www tp link com To ask questions find answers and communicate with TP Link users or engineers please visit https community tp link com to join TP Link Community If you have any suggestions or need...

Page 7: ...useholds They can either work independently as standalone APs or be centrally managed by Omada Software Controller Omada Hardware Controller OC200 OC300 or Omada Cloud Based Controller providing a flexible richly functional but easily configured wireless network for small medium business and households ...

Page 8: ...ntroduces how to build a wireless network using the EAPs and how to complete the basic settings Follow the steps below 1 Determine the Management Method 2 Build the Network Topology 3 Log In to the EAP 4 Configure and Manage the EAP ...

Page 9: ...uctions about the network topology in such situations and how to use Omada SDN Controller refer to the User Guide of Omada SDN Controller The guide can be found on the download center of our official website https www tp link com support download Standalone Mode If you have a relatively small sized network and only one or just a small number of devices need to be managed Standalone Mode is recomme...

Page 10: ...the network and devices in the LAN surf the internet via the router At the same time the router acts as a DHCP server to assign dynamic IP addresses to the EAPs and clients The Layer 2 switch is connected to the LAN interface of the router The PC and the EAPs are all connected to the Layer 2 switch Since the PC and the EAPs are in the same network segment the PC can log in to the web pages of the ...

Page 11: ...t you need to prepare a wireless client device such as a wireless laptop Follow the steps below to log in to the EAP via domain name 1 Set the wireless client device to get IP settings assigned automatically 2 Search the default SSID Network name using your wireless client device and connect to the wireless network of the EAP The default SSID of the EAP is printed on the product label at the botto...

Page 12: ...s bar to load the login page of the EAP Use admin for both of the username and password to log in Tips To facilitate access to the EAP via a wired device you can set a static IP address for the EAP and remember it well or write it down But make sure that this IP address is not being used in the same LAN For detailed instructions about how to set a static IP address for the EAP refer to Manage the ...

Page 13: ...re are two methods Log in to the router which acts as the DHCP server In the DHCP client list find the IP address of your EAP according to its MAC address The MAC address can be found at the bottom of the EAP Go to https www tp link com download EAP Controller html EAP_Discovery_Tool to download EAP Discovery Utility EAP Discovery Utility is a software that can scan all EAPs in the same network se...

Page 14: ...own But make sure that this IP address is not being used in the same LAN For detailed instructions about how to set a static IP address for the EAP refer to Manage the IP Address of the EAP The DHCP fallback IP address is 192 168 0 254 by default which you can use to log in to its web management page when the DHCP server is not available in your network Follow the steps below 1 Connect the EAP to ...

Page 15: ...ure a new username and a new password for your user account then click Next 2 For the dual band EAP select at least one radio band between 2 4GHz and 5GHz to configure the SSID and password For the single band EAP configure the SSID and password on the 2 4GHz band Click Save You can also skip this step and configure wireless settings later on the management page ...

Page 16: ...ake sure that your device has connected to the new wireless network and tick the checkbox Then click Finish Tips If needed you can also create more new SSIDs For detailed instructions about how to create new SSIDs refer to Configure SSIDs ...

Page 17: ...troduces what you can configure under each tab Status You can view the information of the EAP wireless traffic and clients Wireless You can configure the wireless parameters and the advanced features such as Portal VLAN MAC Filtering Scheduler Band Steering QoS and Rogue AP Detection Management You can manage the EAP using the management features such as System Logs Web Server Management Access LE...

Page 18: ...ure the network parameters and the advanced features of the EAP including Configure the Wireless Parameters Configure Portal Authentication Configure VLAN Configure MAC Filtering Configure Scheduler Configure Band Steering Configure QoS Configure Rogue AP Detection ...

Page 19: ...e wireless parameters go to the Wireless Wireless Settings page For a dual band EAP there are two bands 2 4GHz and 5GHz The wireless parameters are separately set on each band You can click to select a band and configure the wireless parameters on this band ...

Page 20: ...ks Demonstrated with 2 4GHz the following sections introduce these contents Configure SSIDs and Configure Wireless Advanced Settings 2 1 1 Configure SSIDs SSID Service Set Identifier is used as an identifier for a wireless LAN and is commonly called as the network name Clients can find and access the wireless network through the SSID For one EAP you can build up to eight SSIDs per frequency band ...

Page 21: ...s need to pass the authentication before accessing the wireless network For network security we recommend that you encrypt your wireless network The following sections will introduce how to configure these security modes Guest Network With this option enabled guest network will block clients from reaching any private IP subnet Rate Limit With this option enabled the download and upload rate of eac...

Page 22: ...tem Clients can pass the authentication and associate with the wireless network without password However correct password is necessary for data transmission Shared Key Clients have to input the correct password to pass the authentication otherwise the clients cannot associate with the wireless network or transmit data Key Selected Select one key to specify You can configure four keys at most WEP K...

Page 23: ...AP Extensible Authentication Protocol WPA Enterprise can generate different passwords for different clients which ensures higher network security But it also costs more to maintain the network so it is more suitable for business networks The following table introduces how to configure each item Version Select the version of WPA Enterprise according to your needs If you select WPA WPA2 Enterprise t...

Page 24: ...e RADIUS Server RADIUS Password Enter the shared secret key of the RADIUS server RADIUS Accounting Enable or disable RADIUS accounting feature Accounting Server IP Enter the IP address of the accounting server Accounting Server Port Enter the port number of the accounting server Accounting Server Password Enter the shared secret key of the accounting server Interim Update With this option enabled ...

Page 25: ...l TKIP is not supported in 802 11n mode 802 11ac mode or 802 11n ac mixed mode If TKIP is applied in 802 11n 802 11 ac or 802 11n ac mixed mode the clients may not be able to access the wireless network If TKIP is applied in 11b g n mode 2 4GHz or 11a n mode 5GHz the device may work at a low transmission rate AES Advanced Encryption Standard It is securer than TKIP Wireless Password Configure the ...

Page 26: ...802 11ax clients operating in the 2 4GHz frequency can connect to the EAP Note that 802 11ax is only available for certain devices 802 11b g n mixed All of 802 11b 802 11g and 802 11n clients operating in the 2 4GHz frequency can connect to the EAP 802 11b g mixed Both 802 11b and 802 11g clients can connect to the EAP 802 11n only Only 802 11n clients can connect to the EAP For 5GHz 802 11a n ac ...

Page 27: ...ence from overlapping channels occupied by other devices in the environment Lower bandwidth can concentrate higher transmit power increasing stability of wireless links over long distances Channel Limit Check the box to enable the Channel Limit function With this function enabled the wireless frequency 5150MHz 5350MHz will be disabled This function can influence the available options in Channel Th...

Page 28: ...use of network resources Follow the steps below to configure Load Balance 1 Click to choose a frequency band on which the load balance feature will take effect 2 Check the box to enable Load Balance 3 Specify the maximum number of clients who can connect to the EAP at the same time While the number of connected clients has reached the limit and there are more clients requesting to access the netwo...

Page 29: ...ork overall throughput can be improved Note With Airtime Fairness enabled 50 wireless clients at most can connect to the EAP in 2 4GHz band More Settings Proper wireless parameters can improve the network s stability reliability and communication efficiency The advanced wireless parameters consist of Beacon Interval DTIM Period RTS Threshold and Fragmentation Threshold The following table introduc...

Page 30: ...nterference and packet collisions But for a not so busy network a too low threshold value will cause bandwidth wasting and reduce the data throughput The recommended and default value is 2347 bytes Fragmentation Threshold The fragmentation function can limit the size of packets transmitted over the network If the size of a packet exceeds the Fragmentation Threshold the fragmentation function is ac...

Page 31: ...tion go to the Wireless Portal page Configure Portal Three portal authentication types are available No Authentication Local Password and External RADIUS Server The following sections introduce how to configure each authentication type ...

Page 32: ...ect the SSID on which the portal will take effect 2 Select No Authentication as the authentication type 3 Configure the relevant parameters as the following table shows Authentication Timeout Specify the value of authentication timeout A client s authentication will expire after the authentication timeout and the client needs to log in to the authentication page again to access the network Options...

Page 33: ...uthentication page Local Web Portal is the only available option in this authentication type Enter the title and term of use in the two boxes The EAP uses its built in web server to provide this authentication page for clients To pass the authentication clients only need to check the box of I accept the Term of Use and click the Login button 4 Click Save Local Password With this authentication typ...

Page 34: ...s and Custom With Custom selected you can customize the time in days hours and minutes Redirect With this function configured the newly authenticated client will be redirected to the specific URL Redirect URL With Redirect enabled you also need to enter the URL in this field The newly authenticated client will be redirected to this URL Portal Customization Configure the authentication page Local W...

Page 35: ...rnal RADIUS Server If you have a RADIUS server on the network to authenticate the clients you can select External Radius Server Clients need to provide the correct login information to pass the authentication ...

Page 36: ...nd a customized authentication response RADIUS Accounting Enable or disable RADIUS accounting feature Accounting Server IP Enter the IP address of the accounting server Accounting Server Port Enter the port number of the accounting server Accounting Server Passsword Enter the shared secret key of the accounting server Interim Update With this option enabled you can specify the duration between acc...

Page 37: ...configured the authentication page will be provided by the web portal server built on the network To configure External Web Portal you need to complete the following configurations 1 Build an external web portal server on your network and make sure that it is reachable by the EAP 2 On this configuration page enter the URL of the authentication page provided by the external portal server 3 Add the ...

Page 38: ...e with the subnet and mask length The clients in this IP range can access the network without authentication Leaving the field empty means that clients with any IP address can access the specific resources Destination IP Range Specify an IP range with the subnet and mask length The devices in this IP range can be accessed by the clients without authentication Leaving the field empty means that all...

Page 39: ...cording to your actual needs 3 Click OK to add the policy 2 3 Configure VLAN Wireless VLAN is used to set VLANs for the wireless networks With this feature the EAP can work together with the switches supporting 802 1Q VLAN Traffic from the clients in different wireless networks is added with different VLAN tags according to the VLAN settings of the wireless networks Then the wireless clients in di...

Page 40: ...ID range is 0 to 4094 0 is used to disable VLAN tagging 4 Click Save 2 4 Configure MAC Filtering MAC Filtering is used to allow or block the clients with specific MAC addresses to access the network With this feature you can effectively control clients access to the wireless network according to your needs To configure MAC Filtering go to the Wireless MAC Filtering page ...

Page 41: ... click Save 2 In the Station MAC Group section click and the following page will appear 1 Click and specify a name for the MAC group to be created Click OK You can create up to eight MAC groups 2 Select a MAC group in the group list the color of the selected one will change to blue Click to add group members to the MAC group Specify ...

Page 42: ...ng rule Allow Deny in the Action column Click Save For example the following configuration means that the hosts in Group 2 are denied to access the SSID SSID 1 on the 2 4GHz band and allowed to access the SSID SSID 2 on the 5GHz band 2 5 Configure Scheduler With the Scheduler feature the EAP or its wireless network can automatically turn on or off at the time you set For example you can schedule t...

Page 43: ...duler on this page 1 In the Settings section check the box to enable Scheduler and select the Association Mode There are two modes Associated with SSID the scheduler profile will be applied to the specific SSID and Associated with AP the profile will be applied to all SSIDs on the EAP Then click Save ...

Page 44: ...rofiles 2 Select a profile in the list the color of the selected one will change to blue Click to add time range items to the profile Specify the Day Start Time and End Time of the time range and click OK Tips You can add up to eight time range items for one profile If there are several time range items in one profile the time range of this profile is the sum of all of these time ranges ...

Page 45: ...efined in Profile2 the radio of SSID SSID 1 is on and the radio of SSID SSID 2 is off Association with AP If you select Association with AP in step 1 the Scheduler Association table will display the name and MAC address of the EAP Select a profile in the Profile Name column and select the scheduler rule Radio On Radio Off in the Action column Then click Save For example the following configuration...

Page 46: ...to greatly improve the network quality Note Only the dual band EAP products support Band Steering To configure Band Steering go to the Wireless Band Steering page Follow the steps below to configure Band Steering on this page 1 Check the box to enable Band Steering function 2 Configure the following parameters to balance the clients on both frequency bands ...

Page 47: ...fference between the number of clients on the 2 4GHz band and 5GHz band reaches the Difference Threshold value Max Failures If a client repeatedly attempts to associate with the EAP on the 5GHz band and the number of rejections reaches the value of Max Failures the EAP will accept the request The value is from 0 to 100 and the default is 10 3 Click Save 2 7 Configure QoS Quality of service QoS is ...

Page 48: ...eps below to configure QoS on this page 1 Click to choose a frequency band to be configured 2 Check the box to enable Wi Fi Multimedia WMM With WMM enabled the EAP uses the QoS function to guarantee the high priority of the transmission of audio and video packets ...

Page 49: ...y be changed if you reset the EDCA parameters Data 0 Voice Highest priority queue minimum delay Timesensitive data such as VoIP and streaming media are automatically sent to this queue Data 1 Video High priority queue minimum delay Time sensitive video data is automatically sent to this queue Data 2 Best Effort Medium priority queue medium throughput and delay Most traditional IP data is sent to t...

Page 50: ...g from the client station to the EAP The following table detailedly explains these parameters Queue Displays the transmission queue By default the priority from high to low is Data 0 Data 1 Data 2 and Data 3 The priority may be changed if you reset the EDCA parameters Data 0 Voice Highest priority queue minimum delay Timesensitive data such as VoIP and streaming media are automatically sent to thi...

Page 51: ... onto the wireless medium WM towards the EAP The valid values are multiples of 32 between 0 and 8192 5 Choose whether to enable the following two options according to your need The following table detailedly explains these options No Acknowledgment With this option enabled the EAP would not acknowledge frames with QosNoAck No Acknowledgment is recommended if VoIP phones access the network through ...

Page 52: ...t operations you have executed in this feature To configure Rogue AP Detection go to the Wireless Rogue AP Detection page Detect Rogue APs and Move the Rogue APs to the Trusted AP List Follow the steps below to detect the nearby APs and move the trusted ones to the Trusted AP list 1 In the Settings section check the box to enable Rogue AP Detection Click Save ...

Page 53: ...splays the channel the AP is using Security Displays whether the security mode is enabled on the AP Beacon Interval Displays the Beacon Interval value of the EAP Beacon frames are sent periodically by the AP to announce to the stations the presence of a wireless network Beacon Interval determines the time interval of the beacon frames sent by the AP device Signal Displays the signal strength of th...

Page 54: ...ist to the EAP 1 Acquire the trusted AP list There are two ways Backup the list from a EAP For details refer to Backup the Trusted AP List to the Host Manually create a trusted AP list Create a txt file input the MAC addresses of the trusted APs in the format XX XX XX XX XX XX and use the Space key to separate each MAC address Save the file as a cfg file 2 On this page check the box to choose Down...

Page 55: ...n backup the current trusted AP list and save the backup file to the local host Follow the steps below to backup the current trusted AP list 1 On this page check the box to choose Backup AP to PC 2 Click Save and the current trusted AP list will be downloaded to your local host as a cfg file ...

Page 56: ...52 3 Monitor the Network This chapter introduces how to monitor the running status and statistics of the wireless network including Monitor the EAP Monitor the Wireless Parameters Monitor the Clients ...

Page 57: ...EAP Firmware Version Displays the current firmware version the EAP To update the firmware you can refer to Update the Firmware Hardware Version Displays the hardware version the EAP MAC Address Displays the MAC address of the EAP IP Address Displays the IP address of the EAP Subnet Mask Displays the subnet mask of the EAP System Time Displays the current system time To configure the system time yo...

Page 58: ...s the memory occupancy 3 2 Monitor the Wireless Parameters You can view the wireless parameters of the EAP including SSID lists radio settings radio traffic and LAN traffic Tips To change the wireless parameters you can refer to Configure the Wireless Parameters To monitor the wireless parameters go to the Status Wireless page ...

Page 59: ...to the SSID Band Displays the frequency band the SSID is currently using Security Displays the security mode of the SSID Portal Displays whether portal function is enabled on the SSID VLAN ID Displays the VLAN ID of the SSID Guest Network Display guest network is enabled on the SSID Down Byte Displays the total download traffic since the SSID starts working Up Byte Displays the total upload traffi...

Page 60: ... radio band Channel Frequency Displays the channel and frequency which are currently used by the EAP Channel Width Displays the channel width which is currently used by the EAP IEEE802 11 Mode Displays the IEEE802 11 protocol currently used by the EAP Max TX Rate Displays the maximum physical rate of the EAP Tx Power Displays the transmit power of the EAP Monitor Radio Traffic You can monitor the ...

Page 61: ... Packets Displays the total number of the dropped packets which are sent on the 2 4GHz 5GHz band since the EAP starts up Rx Errors Displays the total number of error packets which are received on the 2 4GHz 5GHz band since the EAP starts up Tx Errors Displays the total number of error packets which are sent on the 2 4GHz 5GHz band since the EAP starts up Monitor LAN Traffic You can view the LAN tr...

Page 62: ...ackets which are sent by the EAP since it starts up Rx Errors Displays the total number of the received error packets since the EAP starts up Tx Errors Displays the total number of the sent error packets since the EAP starts up 3 3 Monitor the Clients You can monitor the information of the clients connected to the EAP To monitor the client information go to the Status Client page ...

Page 63: ... displayed Hostname Displays the hostname of the user IP Address Displays the IP address of the user MAC Address Displays the MAC address of the user Band Displays the frequency band the user is working on SSID Displays the SSID the user is connecting to Active Time Displays how long the user has been connected to the SSID Up Byte Displays the user s total uploaded traffic to the EAP since the las...

Page 64: ...r value if you set the limit value both in SSID and client configuration Click the icon to block the access of the client to the network View Block Client Information You can view the information of the clients that have been blocked and resume the client s access The following information of the blocked client is displayed Hostname Displays the hostname of the user MAC Address Displays the MAC ad...

Page 65: ...e This chapter introduces how to manage the EAP including Manage the IP Address of the EAP Manage System Logs Configure Web Server Configure Management Access Configure LED Configure Wi Fi Control Only for Certain Devices Configure PoE Out Only for Certain Devices Configure SSH Configure SNMP ...

Page 66: ...r You can also specify a static IP address according to your needs Tips For detailed introduction about how to find the dynamic IP address of the EAP refer to Log In via a Wired Connection To configure the IP address of the EAP go to the Management Network page Follow the steps below to configure the IP address of the EAP 1 Choose your desired IP address mode Dynamic or Static 2 Configure the rela...

Page 67: ...that however the EAP will keep trying to obtain an IP address from the DHCP server until it succeeds DHCP Fallback IP Specify a fallback IP address for the EAP Make sure that this IP address is not being used by any other device in the same LAN The default DHCP fallback IP is 192 168 0 254 DHCP Fallback IP MASK Specify the network mask of the fallback IP The default DHCP fallback IP mask is 255 25...

Page 68: ...dary DNS Specify the secondary DNS server Optional 3 Click Save 4 2 Manage System Logs System logs record information about hardware software as well as system issues and monitors system events With the help of system log you can get informed of system running status and detect the reasons for failure To manage system logs go to the Management System Log page On this page you can view the system l...

Page 69: ... Follow the steps below to configure this feature 1 Check the corresponding box to enable one or more ways of receiving system logs and configure the related parameters Two ways are available Auto Mail and Server Auto Mail If Auto Mail is configured system logs will be sent to a specified mailbox Check the box to enable the feature and configure the related parameters Note SSL encryption is not cu...

Page 70: ...gs will be sent at the specific time interval Fixed Time If you select Fixed Time specify a fixed time to send the system log mails For example 08 30 indicates that the mail will be sent at 8 30 am everyday Period Time If you select Period Time specify a period time to regularly send the system log mail For example 6 indicates that the mail will be sent every six hours Server If Server is configur...

Page 71: ... server in HTTPS mode By default the port is 443 Server Port Designate a server port for web server in HTTP mode By default the port is 80 Session Timeout Set the session timeout If you do nothing with the web page within the timeout the system will log out automatically You can log in again if you want to go back to web page Layer 3 Accessibility With this feature enabled devices from a different...

Page 72: ...age of the EAP you can specify the MAC addresses and management VLAN of the hosts that are allowed to access the web page To configure Management Access go to the Management Management Access page Configure Access MAC Management Only the hosts with the specific MAC addresses are allowed to access the web page and other hosts without MAC addresses specified are not allowed to access the web page ...

Page 73: ...ctory defaults and use the default username and password both admin to log in Configure Management VLAN Management VLAN provides a safer method to manage the EAP With Management VLAN enabled only the hosts in the Management VLAN can access the web page of the EAP Since most hosts cannot process VLAN TAGs you can connect the management host to the network via a switch and set up correct VLAN settin...

Page 74: ...f the EAP and click Save To flash the LED click Locate Then the LED will flash for 10 minutes or until the locate button is clicked again 4 6 Configure Wi Fi Control Only for Certain Devices Note Wi Fi Control is only available on certain devices To check whether your device supports this feature refer to the actual web interface If Wi Fi Control is available there is Management Wi Fi Control in t...

Page 75: ...rol only when the option LED ON OFF is enabled 4 7 Configure PoE Out Only for Certain Devices Note PoE Out is only available on certain devices To check whether your device supports this feature refer to the actual web interface If PoE Out is available there is Management PoE Out in the menu structure Certain devices have a PoE OUT port that can transmit data and supply power to the client simulta...

Page 76: ...the steps below to configure SSH on this page 1 Refer to the following table to configure the parameters Server Port Designate a server port for SSH By default the port is 22 Layer 3 Accessibility With this feature enabled devices from a different subnet can access Omada managed devices via SSH With this feature disabled only the devices in the same subnet can access Omada managed devices via SSH ...

Page 77: ... SysContact Enter the textual identification of the contact person for this managed node SysName Enter an administratively assigned name for this managed node SysLocation Enter the physical location of this managed node Get Community Community refers to a host group aiming at network management Get Community only has the read only right of the device s SNMP information The community name can be co...

Page 78: ...Community to read and write the SNMP information of this device The default is 0 0 0 0 which means all hosts can read and write the SNMP information of this device 3 Click Save Note Defining community can allow management systems in the same community to communicate with the SNMP Agent The community name can be seen as the shared password of the network hosts group Thus for the security we recomme...

Page 79: ...This chapter introduces how to configure the system of the EAP including Configure the User Account Controller Settings Configure the System Time Reboot and Reset the EAP Backup and Restore the Configuration Update the Firmware ...

Page 80: ...ccount as needed Tips Please remember your user account well If you forget it reset the EAP to the factory defaults and log in with the default user account username and password are both admin To configure the user account go to System User Account page Follow the steps below to change your user account on this page 1 Enter the old username and old password of your user account 2 Specify a new us...

Page 81: ...discover and adopt the EAP without any controller settings Otherwise you need to inform the EAP of the controller s URL IP address and one possible way is to Configure Controller Inform URL For details about the whole procedure refer to the User Guide of Omada SDN Controller The guide can be found on the download center of our official website https www tp link com support download Enable Cloud Ba...

Page 82: ...78 EAP to your Omada Cloud Based Controller you can check the connection status on this page ...

Page 83: ...the controller s URL IP address and click Save Then the EAP make contact with the controller so that the controller can discover the EAP 5 3 Configure the System Time System time is the standard time for Scheduler and other time based functions The EAP supports the basic system time settings and the Daylight Saving Time DST feature ...

Page 84: ...ing Time feature Configure the System Time In the Time Settings section you can configure the system time There are three methods to set the system time Set the System Time Manually Acquire the System Time From an NTP Server and Synchronize the System Time with PC s Clock Determine the way of setting the system time and follow the steps below to complete the configurations ...

Page 85: ...d make sure that it is reachable by the EAP Or you can simply find an NTP server on the internet and get its IP address Note If you use an NTP server on the internet make sure that the gateway address is set correctly on the EAP Otherwise the EAP cannot get the system time from the NTP server successfully To set the gateway address refer to Configure the Wireless Parameters 2 Specify the NTP serve...

Page 86: ...the practice of advancing clocks during summer months so that evening daylight lasts longer while sacrificing normal sunrise times The EAP provides daylight saving time configuration Follow the steps below to configure daylight saving time 1 Check the box to enable Daylight Saving 2 Select the mode of daylight saving time Three modes are available Predefined Mode Recurring Mode and Date Mode 3 Con...

Page 87: ...he Last Sunday in September to 3 00 a m on the First Sunday in April Recurring Mode If you select Recurring Mode manually specify a cycle time range for the daylight saving time of the EAP This configuration will be used every year The following table introduces how to configure the cycle time range Time Offset Specify the time to set the clock forward by Start Specify the start time of daylight s...

Page 88: ... time The interval between the start time and end time should be more than 1 day and less than 1 year 365 days End Specify the end time of daylight saving time The interval between the start time and end time should be more than 1 day and less than 1 year 365 days 4 Click Save 5 4 Reboot and Reset the EAP You can reboot and reset the EAP according to your need To reboot and reset the EAP go to the...

Page 89: ...e configuration We recommend that you backup the configuration before resetting or upgrading the EAP To backup and restore the configuration go to the System Backup Restore page To backup the configuration click the button in the Backup section and the backup file will be saved to the host automatically To restore the configuration click the button in the Restore section and choose the backup file...

Page 90: ...del Download the proper firmware file on the support page of the EAP 2 Click the button locate and choose the correct firmware file from your host 3 Click the button to update the firmware of the EAP After updated the EAP will be rebooted automatically Note The update process takes several minutes To avoid damage to the EAP please wait without any operation until the update is finished ...

Page 91: ...aurant wants to provide the wireless internet access for the employees and guests The restaurant now has a router a switch a dual band EAP and a computer Follow the steps below to establish the wireless network 1 Determine the Network Requirements 2 Build the Network Topology 3 Log in to the EAP 4 Configure the EAP 5 Test the Network ...

Page 92: ...the SSIDs for the employees should be encrypted with WPA2 PSK To reduce power consumption the Scheduler feature needs to be configured The radio should operate only during the working time 9 00 am to 22 00 pm 6 2 Build the Network Topology Build the network topology as the following figure shows EAP Management Host Switch Router DHCP Server LAN 192 168 88 1 Internet The router is the gateway of th...

Page 93: ...ddress bar Then log in to the router and find the IP address of the EAP As the following figure shows the IP address of the EAP is 192 168 88 101 2 Enter 192 168 88 101 in the address bar to load the login page of the EAP Type the default username and password both admin in the two fields and click LOGIN 3 In the pop up window specify a new username and a new password for the user account Click Ne...

Page 94: ...gure Scheduler Configure SSIDs 1 After Logging in to EAP follow the step by step instructions to complete the basic configurations of creating SSIDs Configure the SSID as employee_2 4GHz and employee_5GHz specify the Password as restaurant123abc Click Save 2 Go to the Wireless Wireless Settings page Create SSIDs for guests on 2 4GHz Click to add a new SSID ...

Page 95: ...e the Portal feature for this SSID Click OK 4 Click to enter the configuration page for the 5GHz band Similarly to the configurations for the 2 4GHz band configure another SSID for the guests on the 5GHz band Configure Portal Authentication Follow the steps below to configure portal authentication 1 Go to the Wireless Portal page ...

Page 96: ...ord as restaurant123 3 Configure Authentication Timeout Here we customize the timeout as 2 hours It means that guests will be logged out after they have been authenticated for 2 hours To continue to use the internet service these guests need to enter the password to pass the portal authentication once again 4 Check the box to enable Redirect and enter the website of the restaurant http www restaur...

Page 97: ...Configure Scheduler Follow the steps below to schedule the radio to operate only during the working time 9 00 am to 22 00 pm 1 Go to the Wireless Scheduler page 2 In the Settings section check the box to enable Scheduler and select the Association Mode as Associated with AP Click Save 3 In the Scheduler Profile Configuration section click 1 The following page will appear Click and specify the prof...

Page 98: ...he Network To ensure that the employees and guests can surf the internet via the wireless network we can use a client device such as a telephone to test whether the SSIDs are working normally To test the SSIDs for the employees follow the steps below 1 Enable the Wi Fi feature of the client device 2 Choose the SSID employee_2 4GHz or employee_5GHz among the detected SSIDs 3 Enter the password rest...

Page 99: ...default web browser on the device will pop up and the authentication page will appear Enter the password restaurant123 check the box to accept the term of use and click the LOGIN button Tips Generally the web browser pops up automatically But if the web browser does not pop up we can manually launch the web browser and visit any http website Then the authentication page will appear ...

Page 100: ...96 4 If the network is working normally we will be redirected to the website of the restaurant http www restaurant1 com ...

Page 101: ...r Omada series EAP products It allows you to conveniently manage and monitor your network This appendix introduces how to use Omada app to manage your network and includes the following sections Install Omada App on the Mobile Device Manage and Monitor your EAP Device ...

Page 102: ...u can use a mobile device to configure each EAP individually for basic functionality Refer to the topology below make sure that the following requirements have been met An Ethernet connection from your Omada EAP to the LAN with DHCP service Omada app is only compatible with certain firmware versions of the EAP To check the firmware versions of the supported EAPs please refer to https www tp link c...

Page 103: ...covered EAP to configure directly 3 Tap on the EAP appearing on the page Set a new username and password for your login account of the EAP 4 Edit the SSID and password to keep your wireless network secure Tap Next Note The settings will take effect after several minutes For operation system differences the wireless network connection will be different Generally the mobile device will join the new ...

Page 104: ...designed to help you quickly configure some basic settings For advanced functions you can configure them on the web page of the EAP In standalone mode only one user is allowed to log in to the management page of the EAP at the same time Thus the management web page of the EAP cannot be logged in to when using the Omada app and vice versa Also only one user can log in to the EAP via Omada app ...

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