Netgear WFS709TP User Manual

WFS709TP – Case Scenario: Wireless deployment for a Corporate and Public network This document describes the activities undertaken to deploy a Wire

Configure the IP address (IP Interface of a VLAN) and Enable it To configure the IP interface of a VLAN – access the menu at Configuration – Basic –

Configure trunk port on L2/L3 Switch Rename VLAN1 to Corporate (for reference). Create VLAN2 called Public. Add ports 1 to 12 untagged to VLAN1.

Add ports 13 to 24 untagged to VLAN2. Add port 28 tagged to VLAN2. Configure PVID settings – ports 1 to 12 with PVID of 1, ports 13 to 24 with PVID

WFS709TP trunk port configuration Performed testing - Connect WFS709TP on gigabit port to FSM7328PS on port 28 - Connect PC to port 1 on FSM7328

Section 2 - RF Plan & provisioning Access Points 1. Starting position for this exercise: Any previously provisioned AP‟s were reset to factory d

4. This screen shows the default Access Point parameters. 5. Edit the default AP parameters as required. “Coverage” will calculate required num

7. On the Planning screen, click “Add New Floor”. 8. Fill in “Level” and “Name” text boxes, and browse to a .JPG image of the floorplan of the floo

10. If there are any areas on the floorplan where coverage is not required or is optional, click “New” in the “Areas” menu. In the Area Editor, speci

12. Click “Initialize”. Access points will appear on the floorplan. Click “Start”. The software will adjust the position of the AP‟s to optimize cover

13. Click “Initialize”. Air Monitor access point(s) will appear on the floorplan. Click “Start”. The software will adjust the position of the AM‟s to

Section 1 – Initial Setup Physical Setup VLAN1: Ports 1/0 – 4 Connected to the Corporate network via Trunk to a Layer2/Layer3 switch (in the Diagram

14. Connect an access point to the network. Click on “Monitoring” in the main menu, then “Network Summary”. Once the AP has established communication

16. Enter one of the location codes generated in the RF Plan. Click “Apply and Reboot”. 17. Connect the rest of the AP‟s to the network, and provi

Section 3 – Captive Portal IAS Server Configuration First, we will create a Remote Access Policy and RADIUS Client in our IAS Server: Remote Ac

NOTE: When you create users that are meant to connect via Captive Portal, be sure that your user has the option to “Store password using rev

For our example, we will use all the default settings. Notably, HTTPS as our protocol and no guest access. Also, note that the SSID is already l

Useful procedures Reset the switch to Factory Defaults: Bring up the console and on the hyper-terminal type the following commands.

1.2.11.2.61.2.51.2.41.2.31.2.2POE SwitchWireless Controller config:VLAN1: 10.35.1.200 DHCP 10.35.1.0/24 VLAN2: 192.168.100.1 DHCP 192.168.100.0/24VL

Initial configuration When connecting the first time to the unit via the Web Interface (default IP address 192.168.0.250) the User is presented with

The next picture shows the Network summary, after reconnecting to the unit Web Interface upon its reboot. Creating a new SSID To create a new S

- Public , with Captive Portal (Web) authentication against the WFS709TP internal database

To create Users in the Internal Database, click on Show Internal Database – Add User to add a New user: The example shows the creation of the Porta

Create a new VLAN VLAN 1 is the default VLAN for the WFS709TP – by default all the ports (Fa1/0-7, Gig 1/8) are members of VLAN1 – therefore access t

This confirms the IP address assigned to the VLAN interface, what ports are members of the VLAN and whether the Admin state is enabled or not. In our