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Chapter 8: Basic Configuration Examples
8. Basic Configuration Examples
This chapter introduces the SmartPath EMS VMA GUI in Enterprise mode through a series of examples showing how to create a
basic configuration of an SSID, cluster, and WLAN policy. It then explains how to connect several SmartPath APs to SmartPath
EMS VMA, accept them for management, and push the configuration to them over the network.
NOTE: Although maps provide a convenient method for organizing and managing your SmartPath AP deployment, they are not
strictly required and are not covered in this chapter. For information about using maps, see Section 9.1.
You can look at any of the following examples individually to study how to configure a specific feature or view all of them
sequentially to understand the basic workflow for configuring and managing SmartPath APs through SmartPath EMS VMA.
The examples are as follows:
• Section 8.1, Example 1: Defining an SSID: Define the security and network settings that wireless clients and SmartPath APs use
to communicate.
• Section 8.2, Example 2: Creating a Cluster: Create a cluster so that the SmartPath APs can exchange information with each
other to coordinate client access, provide best-path forwarding, and enforce QoS policy.
• Section 8.3, Example 3: Creating a WLAN Policy: Define a WLAN policy, which contains the SSID and cluster defined in the first
two examples.
• Section 8.4, Example 4: Access and Backhaul on the Same Radio.
• Section 8.5, Example 5: Connecting SmartPath APs to SmartPath EMS VMA: Cable two SmartPath APs to the network to act as
portals and set up a third one as a mesh point. Put the SmartPath APs on the same subnet as SmartPath EMS VMA and allow
them to make a CAPWAP connection to SmartPath EMS VMA.
• Section 8.6, Example 6: Assigning the Configuration to SmartPath APs: Assign the WLAN policy to the SmartPath APs. Also,
change SmartPath AP login settings and—if necessary—country codes.
• Section 8.7, Example 7: Selective Multicast Forwarding through GRE Tunnels.
• Section 8.8, Example 8: IP Multicast Enhancements.
SmartPath
Physical devices on the network
Configuration
The conceptual relationships among the
configuration examples in this chapter.
Figure 8-1. The conceptual relationships among the configuration examples in this chapter.
In the first three examples, you define configuration objects in the Configuration section of the GUI. In the last two examples, you
connect some SmartPath APs to the network, enable them to make a CAPWAP connection to SmartPath EMS VMA, and then
manage them in the Monitor section of the GUI.
8.1 Example 1: Defining an SSID
A service set identifier (SSID) is an alphanumeric string that identifies a group of security and network settings that wireless clients
and access points use when establishing wireless communications with each other. In this example, you define the following SSID,
which uses a preshared key (PSK) for client authentication and data encryption:
SSID name: test1-psk
