Configuring Wired Settings

The following procedure configures the settings for a wired profile using the Instant WebUI:

  1. Navigate to the Configuration > Networks.
  2. Under Networks, click + to create a new network.
  3. Under Name & Usage, select Wired from the Type drop-down list box.
  4. Configure the following parameters:
    1. Name—Specify a name for the profile.
    2. Primary usage—Select Employee or Guest.
    3. POE— Toggle the POE switch to enable PoE Power over Ethernet. PoE is a technology for wired Ethernet LANs to carry electric power required for the device in the data cables. The IEEE 802.3af PoE standard provides up to 15.4 W of power on each port..
    4. Admin status—Ensure that an appropriate value is selected. The Admin status indicates if the port is up or down.
  5. Click Show advanced options and configure the following parameters as required:
    1. Speed/Duplex—Ensure that appropriate values are selected for Speed/Duplex. Contact your network administrator if you need to assign speed and duplex parameters.
    2. Content filtering—Select Enabled for Content filtering.
    3. Uplink—Enable the Uplink option to configure uplink on this wired profile. If this option is enabled and this network profile is assigned to a specific port, the port will be enabled as Uplink port. For more information on assigning a wired network profile to a port, see Assigning a Profile to Ethernet Ports.
    4. Spanning Tree—Enable the Spanning Tree option to enable STP Spanning Tree Protocol. STP is a network protocol that builds a logical loop-free topology for Ethernet networks. on the wired profile. STP Spanning Tree Protocol. STP is a network protocol that builds a logical loop-free topology for Ethernet networks. ensures that there are no loops in any bridged Ethernet Ethernet is a network protocol for data transmission over LAN. network and operates on all downlink ports, regardless of forwarding mode. STP Spanning Tree Protocol. STP is a network protocol that builds a logical loop-free topology for Ethernet networks. will not operate on the uplink port and is supported only on Instant APs with three or more ports. By default, Spanning Tree is disabled on wired profiles.
    5. Inactivity Timeout—Specify the time out interval within the range of 60–86,400 seconds for inactive wired clients. The default interval is 1000 seconds.
  6. Click Next. The VLAN tab details are displayed.
  7. Configure VLAN Virtual Local Area Network. In computer networking, a single Layer 2 network may be partitioned to create multiple distinct broadcast domains, which are mutually isolated so that packets can only pass between them through one or more routers; such a domain is referred to as a Virtual Local Area Network, Virtual LAN, or VLAN. for the wired profile. For more information, see Configuring VLAN for a Wired Profile.

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. commands configure the settings for a wired profile:

(Instant AP)(config)# wired-port-profile <name>

(Instant AP)(wired ap profile <name>)# type {<employee>|<guest>}

(Instant AP)(wired ap profile <name>)# speed {10|100|1000|auto}

(Instant AP)(wired ap profile <name>)# duplex {half|full|auto}

(Instant AP)(wired ap profile <name>)# no shutdown

(Instant AP)(wired ap profile <name>)# poe

(Instant AP)(wired ap profile <name>)# uplink-enable

(Instant AP)(wired ap profile <name>)# content-filtering

(Instant AP)(wired ap profile <name>)# spanning-tree