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To configure portal authentication, 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.

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

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 Balan...

Page 3: ...lients 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 Rec...

Page 4: ...ot 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...

Page 5: ...rd 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...

Page 6: ...ide 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 htt...

Page 7: ...seholds 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 flex...

Page 8: ...troduces 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...

Page 9: ...ctions 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 w...

Page 10: ...he 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 connec...

Page 11: ...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 automat...

Page 12: ...bar to load the login page of the EAP Use admin for both of the username and password to log in iipe To facilitate access to the EAP via a wired device you can set a static IP address for the EAP and...

Page 13: ...e 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...

Page 14: ...wn 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 fa...

Page 15: ...re 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 sin...

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

Page 17: ...roduces 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 s...

Page 18: ...re 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 Co...

Page 19: ...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...

Page 20: ...s 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 iden...

Page 21: ...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 t...

Page 22: ...em 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...

Page 23: ...P 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...

Page 24: ...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 accountin...

Page 25: ...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 networ...

Page 26: ...02 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...

Page 27: ...nce 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 Limi...

Page 28: ...se 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...

Page 29: ...rk overall throughput can be improved Ntte 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 netw...

Page 30: ...terference 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 Fra...

Page 31: ...ion 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...

Page 32: ...ct 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 t...

Page 33: ...thentication 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 authen...

Page 34: ...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 Redir...

Page 35: ...nal 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 authent...

Page 36: ...d 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...

Page 37: ...onfigured 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...

Page 38: ...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 resou...

Page 39: ...ording 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 s...

Page 40: ...D 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 Wi...

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 Selec...

Page 42: ...g 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...

Page 43: ...uler 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 spec...

Page 44: ...ofiles 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...

Page 45: ...fined 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 na...

Page 46: ...o greatly improve the network quality Ntte 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 Ba...

Page 47: ...ference 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 an...

Page 48: ...ps 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 th...

Page 49: ...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 Hig...

Page 50: ...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...

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 deta...

Page 52: ...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...

Page 53: ...plays 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...

Page 54: ...st 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 fil...

Page 55: ...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 Cli...

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: ...AP 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 Display...

Page 58: ...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 iipe To change the wireless...

Page 59: ...o 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...

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...

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...

Page 62: ...ckets 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 packe...

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 workin...

Page 64: ...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 th...

Page 65: ...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...

Page 66: ...You can also specify a static IP address according to your needs iipe For detailed introduction about how to find the dynamic IP address of the EAP refer to Log In via a Wired Connection To configure...

Page 67: ...hat 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 bei...

Page 68: ...ary 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 th...

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...

Page 70: ...s 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 eve...

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...

Page 72: ...ge 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 Conf...

Page 73: ...tory 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 h...

Page 74: ...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 Ntte Wi Fi...

Page 75: ...ol only when the option LED ON OFF is enabled 4 7 Configure PoE Out Only for Certain Devices Ntte PoE Out is only available on certain devices To check whether your device supports this feature refer...

Page 76: ...he 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...

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...

Page 78: ...ommunity 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 Ntte Defining community...

Page 79: ...his 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 Configu...

Page 80: ...count as needed iipe 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 conf...

Page 81: ...iscover 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...

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

Page 83: ...he controller s URL IP address and click Savt 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 f...

Page 84: ...ng 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...

Page 85: ...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 Ntte If you use an NTP server on the internet make sure that the gateway address...

Page 86: ...he 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 b...

Page 87: ...e 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 configu...

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 e...

Page 89: ...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 configura...

Page 90: ...el 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 A...

Page 91: ...urant 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 wireles...

Page 92: ...he 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 2...

Page 93: ...dress 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 l...

Page 94: ...ure 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_5...

Page 95: ...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 5G...

Page 96: ...rd 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 us...

Page 97: ...onfigure 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...

Page 98: ...e 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 t...

Page 99: ...efault 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 iipe Generally...

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: ...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 Instal...

Page 102: ...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...

Page 103: ...overed 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 sec...

Page 104: ...esigned 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 manageme...

Page 105: ...duct names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders No part of the specifications may be reproduced in any form or by any means or used to make any derivative such as transl...

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