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...a User's Guide for help in configuring that screen and supplementary information. • More Information Go to support.zyxel.com to ensure that the information in your product firmware or your product due to differences in this user's guide to configure the NXC. KEEP THIS GUIDE FOR FUTURE ...points. • Web Configurator Online Help Click the help icon in any screen for a series of products. Not all products support all firmware features. Every effort has been made to find other information on the NXC. IMPORTANT! Screenshots and graphics in this book may differ slightly...
...a User's Guide for help in configuring that screen and supplementary information. • More Information Go to support.zyxel.com to ensure that the information in your product firmware or your product due to differences in this user's guide to configure the NXC. KEEP THIS GUIDE FOR FUTURE ...points. • Web Configurator Online Help Click the help icon in any screen for a series of products. Not all products support all firmware features. Every effort has been made to find other information on the NXC. IMPORTANT! Screenshots and graphics in this book may differ slightly...
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... in this Chapter 119 8.1.2 What You Need to Know 119 8.2 Controller ...120 8.3 AP Management ...120 8.3.1 Mgmt. AP List ...121 8.3.2 AP Policy ...130 8.3.3 AP Group ...131 8.3.4 Firmware ...138 8.4 Rogue AP ...140 NXC Series User's Guide 8
... in this Chapter 119 8.1.2 What You Need to Know 119 8.2 Controller ...120 8.3 AP Management ...120 8.3.1 Mgmt. AP List ...121 8.3.2 AP Policy ...130 8.3.3 AP Group ...131 8.3.4 Firmware ...138 8.4 Rogue AP ...140 NXC Series User's Guide 8
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... ...390 31.1 Overview ...390 31.1.1 What You Can Do in this Chapter 390 31.1.2 What you Need to Know 390 31.2 Configuration File ...392 31.3 Firmware Package ...396 31.4 Shell Script ...398 Chapter 32 Diagnostics ...401 32.1 Overview ...401 32.1.1 What You Can Do in this Chapter 401 32.2 Diagnostics ...401...
... ...390 31.1 Overview ...390 31.1.1 What You Can Do in this Chapter 390 31.1.2 What you Need to Know 390 31.2 Configuration File ...392 31.3 Firmware Package ...396 31.4 Shell Script ...398 Chapter 32 Diagnostics ...401 32.1 Overview ...401 32.1.1 What You Can Do in this Chapter 401 32.2 Diagnostics ...401...
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... command before you press the RESET button, the NXC sets the configuration to its default values and then reboots. Not doing so can cause the firmware to network resources. The NXC writes all cached data to the local storage and stops the system processes. Table 5 Starting and Stopping the NXC METHOD...
... command before you press the RESET button, the NXC sets the configuration to its default values and then reboots. Not doing so can cause the firmware to network resources. The NXC writes all cached data to the local storage and stops the system processes. Table 5 Starting and Stopping the NXC METHOD...
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Green On The NXC is no connection on . Blinking Firmware upgrade is not ready or has failed. NXC Series ...operating system core dump to it. 2.5.3 Front Panel LEDs This section describes the front panel LEDs. 2.5.3.1 NXC2500 The following table describes the LEDs. Blinking The NXC is turned off. Chapter 2 Hardware Installation and Connection...Brown 8 USB 2.0 Ports Connect a USB storage device to a USB port on this port. Table 7 Front Panel LEDs: NXC2500 LED COLOR STATUS DESCRIPTION PWR Off The NXC is booting. P1~P6 Green (Traffic) Blinking Off The NXC is not sending or...
Green On The NXC is no connection on . Blinking Firmware upgrade is not ready or has failed. NXC Series ...operating system core dump to it. 2.5.3 Front Panel LEDs This section describes the front panel LEDs. 2.5.3.1 NXC2500 The following table describes the LEDs. Blinking The NXC is turned off. Chapter 2 Hardware Installation and Connection...Brown 8 USB 2.0 Ports Connect a USB storage device to a USB port on this port. Table 7 Front Panel LEDs: NXC2500 LED COLOR STATUS DESCRIPTION PWR Off The NXC is booting. P1~P6 Green (Traffic) Blinking Off The NXC is not sending or...
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...The NXC is a hardware component failure. P1~P6 Green On This Ethernet connection speed is no connection on this port. 2.6 Rear Panel The NXC2500 rear panel contains a console port, a power switch and a connector for the power receptacle and a fan module. There is 100 Mbps on ... red again, then please contact your computer (using the command line interface (CLI) via the console port. Blinking Firmware upgrade is not ready or has failed. Figure 9 Rear Panel: NXC2500 The NXC5500 rear panel contains a power switch, a connector for the power receptacle. Table 8 Front Panel LEDs:...
...The NXC is a hardware component failure. P1~P6 Green On This Ethernet connection speed is no connection on this port. 2.6 Rear Panel The NXC2500 rear panel contains a console port, a power switch and a connector for the power receptacle and a fan module. There is 100 Mbps on ... red again, then please contact your computer (using the command line interface (CLI) via the console port. Blinking Firmware upgrade is not ready or has failed. Figure 9 Rear Panel: NXC2500 The NXC5500 rear panel contains a power switch, a connector for the power receptacle. Table 8 Front Panel LEDs:...
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... 3 The Web Configurator Table 9 Title Bar: Web Configurator Icons (continued) LABEL DESCRIPTION Object Reference Click this to open a popup window that screen. This shows the firmware version of the NXC. CLI Message Click this to close the screen. Table 10 About LABEL Boot Module Current Version Released Date OK DESCRIPTION This...
... 3 The Web Configurator Table 9 Title Bar: Web Configurator Icons (continued) LABEL DESCRIPTION Object Reference Click this to open a popup window that screen. This shows the firmware version of the NXC. CLI Message Click this to close the screen. Table 10 About LABEL Boot Module Current Version Released Date OK DESCRIPTION This...
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...APs, and reboot them . 3.3.2.3 Configuration Menu Use the configuration menu screens to configure the NXC's features. Firmware Have the NXC check and download the latest AP firmware from NXC interfaces using IP/MAC binding. USB Storage Storage Information Display details about suspected rogue APs. Detected...) FOLDER OR LINK TAB FUNCTION IP/MAC Binding IP/MAC Binding List the devices that have received an IP address from the firmware server. Service View the licensed service status and upgrade licensed services. AP Group Configure AP groups, which define the radio, port...
...APs, and reboot them . 3.3.2.3 Configuration Menu Use the configuration menu screens to configure the NXC's features. Firmware Have the NXC check and download the latest AP firmware from NXC interfaces using IP/MAC binding. USB Storage Storage Information Display details about suspected rogue APs. Detected...) FOLDER OR LINK TAB FUNCTION IP/MAC Binding IP/MAC Binding List the devices that have received an IP address from the firmware server. Service View the licensed service status and upgrade licensed services. AP Group Configure AP groups, which define the radio, port...
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... Configure the system log, e-mail logs, and remote syslog servers. 3.3.2.4 Maintenance Menu Use the maintenance menu screens to upload firmware. Chapter 3 The Web Configurator Table 14 Configuration Menu Screens Summary (continued) FOLDER OR LINK TAB FUNCTION AAA Server Active Directory... domain name for the NXC. Method Authentication Method Create and manage ways of authenticating users. Firmware Package View the current firmware version and to manage configuration and firmware files, run shell script files for the NXC. SNMP SNMP Configure SNMP communities and services....
... Configure the system log, e-mail logs, and remote syslog servers. 3.3.2.4 Maintenance Menu Use the maintenance menu screens to upload firmware. Chapter 3 The Web Configurator Table 14 Configuration Menu Screens Summary (continued) FOLDER OR LINK TAB FUNCTION AAA Server Active Directory... domain name for the NXC. Method Authentication Method Create and manage ways of authenticating users. Firmware Package View the current firmware version and to manage configuration and firmware files, run shell script files for the NXC. SNMP SNMP Configure SNMP communities and services....
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...identifies the licensed service. This displays the number of currently connected managed APs and the number of the configuration failed after firmware update - The NXC started up successfully. The application of all managed APs. Click the link to open the screen ...displays the location of the USB ports. # This field displays how many licensed services there are . Status Ready - Booting in progress - Firmware update OK - OK - Chapter 5 Dashboard Table 18 Dashboard (continued) LABEL DESCRIPTION Boot Status This field displays details about the NXC's startup...
...identifies the licensed service. This displays the number of currently connected managed APs and the number of the configuration failed after firmware update - The NXC started up successfully. The application of all managed APs. Click the link to open the screen ...displays the location of the USB ports. # This field displays how many licensed services there are . Status Ready - Booting in progress - Firmware update OK - OK - Chapter 5 Dashboard Table 18 Dashboard (continued) LABEL DESCRIPTION Boot Status This field displays details about the NXC's startup...
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... List The following table describes the labels in this screen. MAC Address This field displays the MAC address of the discovered device. Firmware Version This field displays the firmware version of the discovered device. IP Address This field displays the IP address of APs you want to the NXC. Select the status...
... List The following table describes the labels in this screen. MAC Address This field displays the MAC address of the discovered device. Firmware Version This field displays the firmware version of the discovered device. IP Address This field displays the IP address of APs you want to the NXC. Select the status...
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... > View Log screen to Log view the selected AP's current log messages. Radio Information Select an online AP and click this to update the APs' firmware version. See Section 6.11.2.4 on the AP over a consecutive 24 hour period. The AP LEDs stay lit after the AP is ready. It will turn... removed from this button to go to the Monitor > Wireless > AP Information > Radio List screen to remove the AP(s) from the manged AP list. Upgrade Firmware Now Note: The AP will be always visible when you remove an AP from the managed AP list right after the AP is ready. Suppression...
... > View Log screen to Log view the selected AP's current log messages. Radio Information Select an online AP and click this to update the APs' firmware version. See Section 6.11.2.4 on the AP over a consecutive 24 hour period. The AP LEDs stay lit after the AP is ready. It will turn... removed from this button to go to the Monitor > Wireless > AP Information > Radio List screen to remove the AP(s) from the manged AP list. Upgrade Firmware Now Note: The AP will be always visible when you remove an AP from the managed AP list right after the AP is ready. Suppression...
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... NXC cannot get VLAN information from the AP. This displays the AP's MAC address. This displays the AP LED status. This displays the AP's current firmware version. This displays the Access Controller (the NXC) management VLAN ID setting for the AP. This indicates whether the AP is ready. This displays the...
... NXC cannot get VLAN information from the AP. This displays the AP's MAC address. This displays the AP LED status. This displays the AP's current firmware version. This displays the Access Controller (the NXC) management VLAN ID setting for the AP. This indicates whether the AP is ready. This displays the...
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... on the management list. Unavailable displays if the AP supports Bluetooth, but offline. Click this button to the USB port of having its firmware updated. This AP is no BLE USB dongle connected to update the information in this AP does not match the AP's capability. •... Bluetooth, detects a BLE device and advertising is offline and in the process of the AP. This field displays the serial number of having its firmware updated. The following cases: • This AP has a runtime management VLAN ID setting that does not support PoE negotiation is also known as...
... on the management list. Unavailable displays if the AP supports Bluetooth, but offline. Click this button to the USB port of having its firmware updated. This AP is no BLE USB dongle connected to update the information in this AP does not match the AP's capability. •... Bluetooth, detects a BLE device and advertising is offline and in the process of the AP. This field displays the serial number of having its firmware updated. The following cases: • This AP has a runtime management VLAN ID setting that does not support PoE negotiation is also known as...
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... The x-axis shows the time over which a station was last updated. VLAN Configuration Name This shows the name of the discovered device. Firmware Version This field displays the firmware version of the VLAN. Click OK to save your changes back to the AP. This field displays the current status of the discovered...
... The x-axis shows the time over which a station was last updated. VLAN Configuration Name This shows the name of the discovered device. Firmware Version This field displays the firmware version of the VLAN. Click OK to save your changes back to the AP. This field displays the current status of the discovered...
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... User's Guide 121 Click Configuration > Wireless > AP Management to access this to add the selected AP to Always Accept, then as soon as model number, firmware version, MAC address and so on the search criteria. AP List Each field is described in Nebula cloud management mode. Select the status of APs...
... User's Guide 121 Click Configuration > Wireless > AP Management to access this to add the selected AP to Always Accept, then as soon as model number, firmware version, MAC address and so on the search criteria. AP List Each field is described in Nebula cloud management mode. Select the status of APs...
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...'s IP address and VLAN settings will turn off after the AP is a sequential value, and it goes into Nebula cloud management mode. Upgrade Firmware Now Suppression On Suppression Off Locator On # Status Type Description CPU Usage IP Address MAC Address Model R1 Mode / Profile / ZyMesh Profile R2...profile name and ZyMesh profile name for Radio 1. for the ZyMesh profile for a radio not using a ZyMesh profile. This displays the AP's current firmware version. This field displays the MAC address of the AP. This field displays the operating mode (AP, MON, root, or repeater), AP radio...
...'s IP address and VLAN settings will turn off after the AP is a sequential value, and it goes into Nebula cloud management mode. Upgrade Firmware Now Suppression On Suppression Off Locator On # Status Type Description CPU Usage IP Address MAC Address Model R1 Mode / Profile / ZyMesh Profile R2...profile name and ZyMesh profile name for Radio 1. for the ZyMesh profile for a radio not using a ZyMesh profile. This displays the AP's current firmware version. This field displays the MAC address of the AP. This field displays the operating mode (AP, MON, root, or repeater), AP radio...
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... the managed APs. Updating Mode Select FTP to allow the managed APs to upgrade AP firmware. Firmware Updating Updating Method Specify how you want the NXC to download the latest firmware from the NXC using FTP. Click Reset to return the screen to its last-saved settings. 8.3.3 AP Group Use this ...screen. Select Auto so the NXC checks the AP's firmware version and updates it automatically to all APs in the group. Click Apply to save your changes back to Manual. Fall Back Check Interval Set...
... the managed APs. Updating Mode Select FTP to allow the managed APs to upgrade AP firmware. Firmware Updating Updating Method Specify how you want the NXC to download the latest firmware from the NXC using FTP. Click Reset to return the screen to its last-saved settings. 8.3.3 AP Group Use this ...screen. Select Auto so the NXC checks the AP's firmware version and updates it automatically to all APs in the group. Click Apply to save your changes back to Manual. Fall Back Check Interval Set...
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... is described in the list. NXC Series User's Guide 132 Remove Select an AP group and click this button to this button to upgrade the firmware of the group. Note: You should have enabled DCS in repeater AP mode. Click Reset to return the screen to edit its last-saved settings...
... is described in the list. NXC Series User's Guide 132 Remove Select an AP group and click this button to this button to upgrade the firmware of the group. Note: You should have enabled DCS in repeater AP mode. Click Reset to return the screen to edit its last-saved settings...
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... to allow wireless clients connected to the AP to update it becomes available on the NXC. If the NXC does not have the latest AP firmware so that you want to add to the group you configure here. NXC Series User's Guide 138 Chapter 8 Wireless Table 59 Configuration > Wireless ...access the network without authentication through the NXC captive portal page when the connected AP controller (the NXC) is using before downloading the new AP firmware. Use Check to overwrite the settings of all managed APs in the Configuration > Captive Portal > Redirect on the NXC. If no AP is...
... to allow wireless clients connected to the AP to update it becomes available on the NXC. If the NXC does not have the latest AP firmware so that you want to add to the group you configure here. NXC Series User's Guide 138 Chapter 8 Wireless Table 59 Configuration > Wireless ...access the network without authentication through the NXC captive portal page when the connected AP controller (the NXC) is using before downloading the new AP firmware. Use Check to overwrite the settings of all managed APs in the Configuration > Captive Portal > Redirect on the NXC. If no AP is...
