The important part of a challenge like this is not only just making sure we
know the architecture,
but also how do we go about configuring it? Where in this interface do specific
elements exist?
For example, which of these tabs allows us to configure interfaces?
So for the most part, that last diagram we looked at a couple videos ago, that
is what
we have to keep in mind. I have to make sure I get my interfaces correctly
configured,
I have to get my AP groups correctly configured, I have to make sure my access
points can discover
the wireless LAN controller and there's a few key important parts to that. WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=LOCAL:00:00:00.000,MPEGTS:900000
the wireless LAN controller and there's a few key important parts to that.
So let's go and go through this together. First of all, we are to create an
interface
that will be used for AP attachment, to create interfaces, I go to controller
and then interfaces,
and then I would add a dynamic interface here, enter a VLAN ID, let's say 15,
click apply,
and we would need to add the important IP address information in here, as well
as select backup
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port numbers if we're not lagged, and importantly decide whether we're going to
attach access points
to this interface. So for us here, I guess I did create it here, but we're just
going to use
management, and once again, management does have dynamic AP management enabled
for the sake of
attaching the access point. We then need to make sure that we are creating an
AP group for our
access points, that is a tricky part of this. If we don't know where we're
going for AP groups,
we might not suspect it's under WLANs, but that's where it is. And even when I
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go to the WLANs
tab, I don't see anything about AP groups here, it's actually hidden under
advanced. So I have to
go over here to AP groups, click add group, give it a name. And once I have my
group, then we will
eventually configure it, but for now there's not much to do, we just want to
make sure there is a
group. Now after we've discovered our access point, which should be doable by
one of our discovery
methods, if we again can't get it to connect via broadcast in a lab environment
, chances are we
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have to go over to our interfaces and make sure that the dynamic AP management
has been enabled.
But once we do have our access points, let's actually go to wireless, look at
our access points,
click on this. And then when I go over to advanced, I'm going to see the drop
down for the group. So I
want to make sure it's in the right group. And at that point, I'm ready to add
SSIDs. Now SSIDs
are added via WLANs. We come over here to WLANs. I'm going to click, you know,
first of all,
make sure it's on create new and then click go, create a profile name like lab WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=LOCAL:00:00:00.000,MPEGTS:900000
make sure it's on create new and then click go, create a profile name like lab
test, SSID lab test,
like apply here. And the big thing that we need to do first of all, besides
enabling it, which is
important, is to select the correct interface. So I'm going to place this onto
the management
interface, decide whether or not to broadcast it. And by the way, go ahead and
disable layer
to security, because we're not quite ready for that. And we will get to that
eventually. So lastly,
we need to make sure that this WLAN gets added onto the AP group. So I come WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=LOCAL:00:00:00.000,MPEGTS:900000
we need to make sure that this WLAN gets added onto the AP group. So I come
under CBT and group.
And I go over here to WLANs, and I make sure that we add our lab test and their
proper interface
into the, into the AP group. So this is how we go about configuring an SSID and
making it show up
on the network. It's not that long and end once we get the process down, but it
's just going to
take doing it a few times to make sure that I understand the components that
come together, WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=LOCAL:00:00:00.000,MPEGTS:900000
come together,
including the interfaces and everything we've been talking about, and then also
where I go in
the interface in order to make the configuration happen. I hope this has been
informative for you,
and I'd like to thank you for viewing.