Manuale d’uso / di manutenzione del prodotto 6.0.4.6 del fabbricante 3Com
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Part No. 10016 430 Rev . AA Published Nove mber 2007 W IR ELESS LAN S WITCH AND C ONTR OLLER MSS V ERSION 6.0.4.6 R ELEASE N OTES Related Documentation Please use these notes in c onjunction with the .
2 W IRELESS LAN S WITCH AND C ONTR OLLER MSS V ERSION 6.0.4.6 R ELEASE N OTES ■ RF Load Balancing ■ Logout for W eb Authentication ■ Mobility Domain WX Seed Re dundancy ■ Local Switching (AP38.
Points to Note When Using the WXR100, WX1200, WX4400, or WX2200 3 backup, r efer to the section titled “Backing Up and Restoring the System” on page 613 of the MSS con- figuration guide. For details on the procedur e for 3WXM, refer to th e section titled “Upg rading 3WXM” of the 3WXM Re ference Manual.
4 W IRELESS LAN S WITCH AND C ONTR OLLER MSS V ERSION 6.0.4.6 R ELEASE N OTES Client and AAA Best Practices Follow these be st-practice re commendations during configuration and implement ation to avoid or solve issues you might experience.
Points to Note When Using the WXR100, WX1200, WX4400, or WX2200 5 Wireless NICs Most wireless NICs available now support 802. 1X authentication. The following table lists the NICs that have been used successfully with MSS. The majority were tested using recently available drivers usin g the Microsoft native 802.
6 W IRELESS LAN S WITCH AND C ONTR OLLER MSS V ERSION 6.0.4.6 R ELEASE N OTES Cisco Air onet 350 XP Pass Pass Not Te s t e d Not Te s t e d Not Te s t e d Dell T rueMobile 1150 † A00 7.
Points to Note When Using the WXR100, WX1200, WX4400, or WX2200 7 Driver Dependent Be havior Some clients prefer a beaconed clear SSID to their configur ed SSIDs. If you configure MSS to beacon a clear SSID, some client adap ters prefer this beaconed SSID over the SSIDs they are configured to use.
8 W IRELESS LAN S WITCH AND C ONTR OLLER MSS V ERSION 6.0.4.6 R ELEASE N OTES Windows XP Windows XP is a popular platform for wireless clients because of its native support of 802.1X authentication and simplified configuration of wireless networks. If you choose to use the 802.
Points to Note When Using the WXR100, WX1200, WX4400, or WX2200 9 Windows 2000 Many en terprises have a larg e installed base of Windows 2000 laptops, making this a common choice of platform. Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 includes a na tive 802.1X clie nt.
10 W IRELESS LAN S WITCH AND C ONTR OLLER MSS V ERSION 6.0.4.6 R ELEASE N OTES authenticates. Y o u must contact Microsoft techni- cal support for this hotfix. It is not available from their website. For more inform ation on computer authentication, see “Compute r Authenticatio n”.
Points to Note When Using the WXR100, WX1200, WX4400, or WX2200 11 Configuring computer aut hentication on the client is simple, though it r equire s the use of the Micro soft 802.
12 W IRELESS LAN S WITCH AND C ONTR OLLER MSS V ERSION 6.0.4.6 R ELEASE N OTES Computer authentication al s o re q u i res s pe c i fi c co n - figuration consider ations on the WX sw itch: ■ The username of a computer authentication connection will be in the form of host/ fully-qualified-domain-name, for example host/bob-laptop.
Points to Note When Using the WXR100, WX1200, WX4400, or WX2200 13 ■ Windows 2000 with Service Pack 4 ■ Cisco ACS 3. 2 or later is re quired to supp ort PEAP-MS-CHAP-V2 WP A WP A compatibility testing was conducted with a vari- ety of NICs. See “W ireless NICs” for complete details of the results .
14 W IRELESS LAN S WITCH AND C ONTR OLLER MSS V ERSION 6.0.4.6 R ELEASE N OTES If you requir e the same MAC user to be able to con- nect to mor e than one SS ID, you can use encryption assignment to enfor ce the type of encryption a user or group must have to access t he network .
Points to Note When Using the WXR100, WX1200, WX4400, or WX2200 15 ■ Access to 3WXM. T o secure access, configure user accounts within 3WXM. ■ Access to the 3WXM m onitoring service. T o secure access, configure user a ccounts within th e moni- toring ser vice.
16 W IRELESS LAN S WITCH AND C ONTR OLLER MSS V ERSION 6.0.4.6 R ELEASE N OTES 3WXM By default, access to 3WX M and the 3WX M monito r- ing service do not r equire passwor ds. T o secure access, configure user accoun ts within each in stance of 3WXM and the monitori ng service.
Points to Note When Using the WXR100, WX1200, WX4400, or WX2200 17 Distributed MAP Best Pr actice When Us ing STP A Distributed MAP is a le af device. Y ou nee d not enable STP on the port direct ly connected to the MAP .
18 W IRELESS LAN S WITCH AND C ONTR OLLER MSS V ERSION 6.0.4.6 R ELEASE N OTES Rogue Detection Active Scan Interval Is Longer During a SpectraLink SVP Call.
System Parameter Support 19 Network Parameter Supported V alue Forwar ding databas e entries WX4400: 16383 WX2200: 16383 WX1200: 8192 WXR100: 8192 Statically co nfigured VLANs 100 Virtual po rts (sum .
20 W IRELESS LAN S WITCH AND C ONTR OLLER MSS V ERSION 6.0.4.6 R ELEASE N OTES Known Problems System Configuration Issues Adding a static VLAN with the same name as a VLAN whose traff ic is being tunneled through the switch can cause the switch to re start.
Known Problems 21 Static IP settings do not work on the 8x50 or AP7250 Access Po ints. (28529) The configuration of static settings includin g VLAN tag, WX IP , WX n ame, AP IP and AP IP mask are not supported on the AP87 50, AP8250, or AP7250. Switching and Port Issues Port Mirroring is not active after the switch is reboot ed.
22 W IRELESS LAN S WITCH AND C ONTR OLLER MSS V ERSION 6.0.4.6 R ELEASE N OTES Mesh Issues The Ethernet port is not brought up on the bridge link if it was not up when the mesh link is established .
Known Problems 23 WebView Issu es Unless otherwise noted, the workar ound for Web- View issues is to use the CLI or 3WXM. WebView does not display more than 32 service pr ofiles. (18374) WebView allows configuration of duplicate SSID names in the same service pr ofile.
24 W IRELESS LAN S WITCH AND C ONTR OLLER MSS V ERSION 6.0.4.6 R ELEASE N OTES The pass-through and local AAA methods ar e mutually exclusive. Even if a serv er gr oup named local exists, MSS does not use the gr oup. In either case, the EAP session fails and the 802.
Known Problems 25 ACL Issues ACE names that begin with CLI keywor ds are not supported. (17521) When configuring an access control entry (ACE), if the name you specify for the ACE begins with a word that is also a keyword used by the CLI, the CLI r ejects the ACE name.
26 W IRELESS LAN S WITCH AND C ONTR OLLER MSS V ERSION 6.0.4.6 R ELEASE N OTES Local Switching Issues In some instances, an error message cont aining “SSR setup failed.mac ” and a multicast address can be ignore d. (44605) Windows VIST A Issues Windows Vista clients cannot connect to “hidden” SSIDs.
Upgrading MSS 27 If you choose not to pur chase a signed certificate from a third-party CA, you ma y choose to install the self-signed certificate into the trusted certificate store on every client that uses Web-Portal.
28 W IRELESS LAN S WITCH AND C ONTR OLLER MSS V ERSION 6.0.4.6 R ELEASE N OTES during the upgrade, you can resto re your switch to its previous state. Use this command to back up the switch’ s files.
Upgrading MSS 29 switch was restarted. For example, if the switch booted from boot partition 1, copy the new imag e into boot partition 0. T o see boot partition informa- tion, type th e display boot command . WX1200# save config success: configuration saved.
30 W IRELESS LAN S WITCH AND C ONTR OLLER MSS V ERSION 6.0.4.6 R ELEASE N OTES switch, enter the save config command as soon the switch finishes restarting. For complete syntax informatio n about the new com- mands and options, see the Wireless Switch Manager Command Reference .
Un punto importante, dopo l’acquisto del dispositivo (o anche prima di acquisto) è quello di leggere il manuale. Dobbiamo farlo per diversi motivi semplici:
Se non hai ancora comprato il 3Com 6.0.4.6 è un buon momento per familiarizzare con i dati di base del prodotto. Prime consultare le pagine iniziali del manuale d’uso, che si trova al di sopra. Dovresti trovare lì i dati tecnici più importanti del 3Com 6.0.4.6 - in questo modo è possibile verificare se l’apparecchio soddisfa le tue esigenze. Esplorando le pagine segenti del manuali d’uso 3Com 6.0.4.6 imparerai tutte le caratteristiche del prodotto e le informazioni sul suo funzionamento. Le informazioni sul 3Com 6.0.4.6 ti aiuteranno sicuramente a prendere una decisione relativa all’acquisto.
In una situazione in cui hai già il 3Com 6.0.4.6, ma non hai ancora letto il manuale d’uso, dovresti farlo per le ragioni sopra descritte. Saprai quindi se hai correttamente usato le funzioni disponibili, e se hai commesso errori che possono ridurre la durata di vita del 3Com 6.0.4.6.
Tuttavia, uno dei ruoli più importanti per l’utente svolti dal manuale d’uso è quello di aiutare a risolvere i problemi con il 3Com 6.0.4.6. Quasi sempre, ci troverai Troubleshooting, cioè i guasti più frequenti e malfunzionamenti del dispositivo 3Com 6.0.4.6 insieme con le istruzioni su come risolverli. Anche se non si riesci a risolvere il problema, il manuale d’uso ti mostrerà il percorso di ulteriori procedimenti – il contatto con il centro servizio clienti o il servizio più vicino.
