12 Ongoing operation
12.2 Wireless AP client management
There are times when you want to cut the connection with a particular wireless device, for service reasons or to deal with a security issue. Using the Wireless AP Client Management screen, you can view all the associated wireless devices, by MAC address, on a selected Wireless AP. Then you can then:
● disassociate a selected wireless device from its Wireless AP.
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● add a selected wireless device's MAC address to a Blacklist of wireless clients that will not be allowed to associate with the Wireless AP.
12.2.1 Client disassociate
Disassociate a wireless device client
1. Click on the Wireless APs tab. Click on the Client Management option. Click on the Disassociate tab. The Disassociate screen appears.
2. Click on the checkbox to select the wireless device to be disassociated.
3. To search for a client by MAC Address, IP Address or User ID, select the search
parameters from the pull-down list. Then key in the search string and click on the Search button. (Wildcard searches are supported.)
4. Click on the Add to blacklist button to add the selected wireless client's MAC address to the blacklist (see next topic).
5. Click on the Disassociate button to terminate the client's session immediately.
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12.2.2 Client blacklist
Add a wireless device client to a blacklist
1. Click on the Client Management option in the Wireless AP Configuration screen. Click on the Blacklist tab. The Blacklist screen appears.
The Blacklist screen displays the current list of MAC addresses that will be not be allowed to associate. Clients selected in the Disassociate screen for the Blacklist will appear here.
2. To add a new MAC address to the Blacklist, key it in the MAC Address field and click on the Add button. It will appear in the list of addresses on the left.
3. To clear an address from the Blacklist, click its checkbox on, and then click on the Remove Selected button.
4. To save the amended Blacklist, click on the Save button.
5. To import a list of MAC addresses for the Blacklist, key in or brows for the file name, and then click on the Import button.
6. To export the current Blacklist, first use the File menu Save option to save the file, and then click on thHiPath Wireless Controller system maintenance
Use the System Maintenance screen to perform various maintenance tasks, including:
● change the log level
● set a poll interval for checking the status of the Wireless APs ("Health Checking")
● force an immediate system shutdown, with or without reboot
● enable and define parameters for Syslog event reporting.
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Syslog event reporting uses the syslog protocol to relay event messages to a centralized event server on your enterprise network. In the protocol a device generates messages, a relay receives and forwards the messages, and a collector (a syslog server) receives the messages without relaying them.
1. Click on the Wireless Controller tab. Click on the System Maintenance option. The System Maintenance screen appears.
Health Checking
1. In the Poll Interval field, key in a time in seconds for the HiPath Wireless Controller to check that the Wireless APs are still there. Click on the Apply button.
Force a system shutdown on the HiPath Wireless Controller
1. To shut down the Controller, Access Points and Convergence Software system, with its Wireless APs, click on the appropriate radio button:
● Halt system, reboot
● Halt system, reset database to factory default and reboot
● Halt system, reset to factory default and reboot
● Halt system, shutdown power 2. Click on the Apply Now button.
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Change the system log level
1. From the Log Level drop-down list, select the desired log level (Trace, Info, Minor, Major, Critical). Click on the Apply button.
Enable and configure Syslog
1. Click the checkbox on to enable the Syslog function for up to three syslog servers.
2. For each enabled syslog server, key in a valid IP address for the server on the network.
The default port for syslog is 514.
3. In the Facilities area, in the Application Logs drop-down list, select the log level ("local.0"
to "local.6") to be sent to the syslog server. (This will apply to all three servers.)
4. To include additional system messages, click the Include all service messages checkbox on. If the box is left unchecked, only component messages (logs and traces) are relayed.
(This will apply to all three servers.) The additional system messages are:
● DHCP messages reporting users receiving IP addresses
● Startup Manager Task messages reporting component startup and failure
If you clicked the Include all service messages checkbox on, the Facilities drop-down list for Service Logs become selectable. Select a log level from the list.
5. To activate the above settings, click on the Apply button.
Syslog and Controller, Access Points and Convergence Software event log mapping is shown below:
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The syslog daemon must be running on both the HiPath Wireless Controller and on the remote syslog server before the logs can be synchronized. If you change the log level on the HiPath Wireless Controller, you must also modify the appropriate setting in the syslog configuration on remote syslog server.Syslog Controller, Access Points and
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LOG_CRIT Critical
LOG_ERR Major
LOG_WARNING Minor
LOG_INFO Information
LOG_DEBUG Trace
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