3Com WX2200 - Wireless LAN Controller Hardware Installation Manual

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20 CHAPTER 1: WX SWITCH OVERVIEWIP Services IP interfaces—You can configure an IP interface for each VLAN. IP ping and traceroute—You can test IP connectivity between the WXswitch and other devices. Domain Name Service (DNS)—You can configure the switch to useDNS servers for name resolution. You also can configure a defaultdomain name to append to hostnames. Network Time Protocol (NTP)—A WX switch can sets its time and dateby polling an NTP server. System log—A WX generates log messages to log system events. The logmessages are stored locally and also can be exported to syslog servers. Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)—A WX switch can beconfigured to generate SNMP traps for major system events.Authentication,Authorization, andAccounting 802.1X—A WX switch can authenticate users based on 802.1Xprotocols. Based on authentication, users are assigned VLANmembership, access control, and roaming boundaries. MAC authentication—If a device does not support 802.1X, you canconfigure authentication based on the source MAC address to assignVLAN membership, access control, and roaming boundaries. Guest authentication—Guests can be authenticated by a shared set ofauthorization attributes that assign VLAN membership, access control,and roaming boundaries. Local and remote authentication—You can authenticate users locally usinginformation configured on the WX switch, or use a Remote AuthenticationDial-In User Service (RADIUS) server. When you use a remote server, the WXswitch can enhance performance by performing some of the AAA taskslocally or distributing the load across multiple servers.Roaming MAP access point roaming—You can configure the WX switch toallow users to roam from one MAP access point to another on thesame WX switch. Mobility Domain™ roaming—You also can configure a group of WXswitches to allow users to roam from one switch to another.Regardless of the wired subnet connections, each user maintains thesame IP address and session across the network. Session management—You can display session information andstatistics for users.