Configuring the AP Wired Port Profile

This profile is only applicable to APs with Ethernet Ethernet is a network protocol for data transmission over LAN. ports. Use this profile to enable or disable the wired port, define an AAA Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting. AAA is a security framework to authenticate users, authorize the type of access based on user credentials, and record authentication events and information about the network access and network resource consumption. profile for wired port devices, and associate the port with an Ethernet Ethernet is a network protocol for data transmission over LAN. link profile that defines its speed and duplex values.

The following procedure describes how to configure the AP wired port profile:

  1. Navigate to the Configuration > System > Profiles page.
  2. Select AP > AP Wired Port, and select the AP wired port profile you want to modify. The parameters for the profile are described in Ethernet Interface Link Profile Parameters.

Table 1: AP Wired Port Profile Parameters

Parameter

Description

Shut down

Disable the wired AP port.

Remote AP Backup

Enable this option to use the wired port on a Remote AP Remote APs extend corporate network to the users working from home or at temporary work sites. Remote APs are deplyed at branch office sites and are connected to the central network on a WAN link. for local connectivity and troubleshooting when the AP cannot reach the managed device. If the AP is not connected to the managed device, no firewall Firewall is a network security system used for preventing unauthorized access to or from a private network. policies will be applied when this option is enabled. (The AAA Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting. AAA is a security framework to authenticate users, authorize the type of access based on user credentials, and record authentication events and information about the network access and network resource consumption. profile will be applied when the AP is connected to managed device).

Bridge Role

Role that is assigned to a user if split-tunnel authentication fails.

Time to wait for authentication to succeed

Authentication timeout value, in seconds, for devices connecting the AP’s wired port. The supported range is 1-65535 seconds, and the default value is 20 seconds.

Spanning Tree

Enables the spanning-tree protocol.

Portfast

Enables portfast for AP wired access ports. Spanning tree must be enabled before this command can be used.

Portfast on trunk

Enables portfast for AP wired trunk ports. Spanning tree must be enabled before this command can be used.

Loop Protect Enable

Enables loop protection on AP wired ports.

Loop Detection Interval

Time, in seconds, to send loop detection packet. The supported range is 1 to 10 seconds and the default value is 2 seconds.

Storm Control Broadcast

Enables storm control broadcast. If the number of broadcast packets per second on one port in the AP exceeds the configured threshold, the port is shutdown.

Storm Control Broadcast Threshold:

Storm control broadcast threshold in packets per second after which the port is shutdown. The default value is 2000 packets per second.

Auto Recovery Enable

Enables automatic recovery of the port in the AP that is shut down because of loop protection. After the automatic recovery, if the loop re-occurs, then the port is shut down again.

Auto Recovery Interval

Time, in seconds, to automatically recover the port in the AP that is shut down because of loop protection. The supported range is 30 to 43200 seconds and the default value is 300 seconds.

The following CLI Command-Line Interface. A console interface with a command line shell that allows users to execute text input as commands and convert these commands to appropriate functions. command configures the AP wired port profile:

(host)[node] (config) #ap wired-port-profile <profile>