AP
 
AP
Overview
This discusses the menus that you can use to monitor the Nebula managed APs in your network and configure settings even before an AP is deployed and added to the site.
Monitor
Use the Monitor menus to check the AP information, client information, event log messages and summary report for APs in the selected site.
Access Point
This screen allows you to view the detailed information about an AP in the selected site.
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
AP > Monitor > Access Point
Label
Description
Access point
Select to view the device information and connection status in the past two hours, day, week or month.
Tag
Select one or multiple APs and click this button to create a new tag for the AP(s) or delete an existing tag.
At the time of writing, there are two pre-defined tags. The LED tags have priority over the LED setting in the Site-Wide > General Setting screen.
LED_Off: this tag allows you to turn off the LED(s) (except the locator LED) on the selected APs.
LED_On: this tag allows you to have the LEDs stay lit after the selected APs are ready.
Move
Select one or multiple APs and click this button to move the AP(s) to another site or remove the AP(s) from the current site.
Search
Specify your desired filter criteria to filter the list of APs.
Access points
This shows the number of APs connected to the site network.
Export
Click this button to save the AP list as a CSV or XML file to your computer.
Status
This shows whether the AP is online (green), has generated alerts (yellow), goes off-line (red) or has been off-line for at least six days (gray).
Name
This shows the descriptive name of the AP.
LAN IP
This shows the local (LAN) IP address of the AP.
Public IP
This shows the global (WAN) IP address of the AP.
Model
This shows the model number of the AP.
Client
This shows how many clients connected to the AP within the specified time period.
Current Clients
This shows how many clients are currently connecting to the AP.
MAC Address
This shows the MAC address of the AP.
Channel
This shows the channel ID the AP is using.
Usage
This shows the amount of data consumed by the AP’s clients.
% Usage
This shows the percentage of the AP’s data usage.
Tag
This shows the user-specified tag for the AP.
Serial Number
This shows the serial number of the AP.
Production Information
This shows the production information of the AP.
Description
This shows the user-specified description for the AP.
Configuration Status
This shows whether the configuration on the AP is up-to-date.
Connectivity
This shows the AP connection status. Nothing displays if the AP is off-line.
The gray time slot indicates the connection to the NCC is down, and the green time slot indicates the connection is up. Move the cursor over a time slot to see the actual date and time when an AP is connected or disconnected.
Ethernet 1
This shows the speed and duplex mode of the Ethernet connection on the AP’s port.
Ethernet 1 LLDP
This shows the LLDP information received on the up-link port.
Click this icon to display a greater or lesser number of configuration fields.
AP Details
Click an AP entry in the AP > Monitor > Access Point screen to display individual AP statistics.
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
AP > Monitor > Access Point: AP Details
Label
Description
Configuration
Click the edit icon to change the device name, description, tags and address. You can also move the device to another site.
Name
This shows the descriptive name of the AP.
MAC Address
This shows the MAC address of the AP.
Serial Number
This shows the serial number of the AP.
Description
This shows the user-specified description for the AP.
Address
This shows the user-specified address for the AP.
Tag
This shows the user-specified tag for the AP.
Status
LAN IP
This shows the local (LAN) IP address of the AP. It also shows the IP addresses of the gateway and DNS server.
Click the edit icon to open a screen where you can change the IP addresses, VLAN ID number and tagging setting.
Public IP
This shows the global (WAN) IP address of the AP.
Usage
This shows the amount of data consumed by the clients.
Current clients
This shows the number of clients which are currently connecting to the AP.
Topology
Click Show to go to the Site-Wide> Monitor > Topology screen. See Topology.
Ports
This is available only for the Nebula AP that has one or more than one Ethernet LAN port (except the uplink port).
This shows the PVID of the LAN port and the ID number of VLAN(s) to which the LAN port belongs. See Port Setting for how to change the port’s VLAN settings.
Channel (Band)
This shows the channel ID and Wi-Fi frequency band currently being used by the AP.
Link
This shows the speed and duplex mode of the Ethernet connection on the AP’s port(s).
History
Click Event log to go to the AP > Monitor > Event log screen.
Configuration status
This shows whether the configuration on the AP is up-to-date.
Firmware
This shows whether the firmware on the AP is up-to-date or there is firmware update available for the AP.
Map
This shows the location of the AP on the Google map.
Photo
This shows the photo of the AP.
Live tools
Traffic
This shows the AP traffic statistics.
Ping
Enter the domain name or IP address of a computer that you want to perform ping from the AP in order to test a connection and click Ping.
This can be used to determine if the AP and the computer are able to communicate with each other.
Traceroute
Enter the domain name or IP address of a computer that you want to perform traceroute from the AP and click Run. This determines the path a packet takes to the specified computer.
Reboot AP
Click the Reboot button to restart the AP.
Locator LED
Enter a time interval between 1 and 60 minutes to stop the locator LED from blinking. The locator LED will start to blink for the number of minutes set here
Click the button to turn on the locator feature, which shows the actual location of the AP between several devices in the network.
Access point usage and connectivity
Move the cursor over the chart to see the transmission rate at a specific time.
Zoom
Select to view the statistics in the past twelve hours, day, week, month, three months or six months.
Pan
Click to move backward or forward by one day or week.
Client
This screen allows you to view the connection status and detailed information about a client in the selected site.
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
AP > Monitor > Client
Label
Description
Access point - Client
Select to view the device information and connection status in the past two hours, day, week or month.
y-axis
The y-axis shows the transmission speed of data sent or received by the client in kilobits per second (Kbps).
x-axis
The x-axis shows the time period over which the traffic flow occurred.
Policy
Select the client(s) from the table below, and then choose the security policy that you want to apply to the selected client(s).
Search
Specify your desired filter criteria to filter the list of clients.
Clients
This shows the number of clients connected to the site network.
Add client
Click this button to open a window where you can specify a client’s name and MAC address to apply a policy before it is connected to the AP’s network.
Export
Click this button to save the client list as a CSV or XML file to your computer.
Status
This shows whether the client is online (green), or goes off-line (red).
Description
This shows the descriptive name of the client.
Click the name to display the individual client statistics. See Client Details.
Connected to
This shows the name of the Nebula managed AP to which the client is connected.
Click the name to display the individual AP statistics. See AP Details.
SSID Name
This shows the name of the AP’s wireless network to which the client is connected.
Security
This shows which secure encryption method is being used by the client to connect to the Nebula device.
MAC address
This shows the MAC address of the client.
Channel
This shows the channel ID the client is using.
Band
This shows the Wi-Fi frequency band currently being used by the client.
Signal strength
This shows the RSSI (Received Signal Strength Indicator) of the client’s wireless connection.
IPv4 address
This shows the IP address of the client.
Tx Rate
This shows maximum transmission rate of the client.
Rx Rate
This shows maximum reception rate of the client.
Tx
This shows the amount of data (in bytes) transmitted from the client since it was last connected.
Rx
This shows the amount of data (in bytes) received by the client since it was last connected.
Association time
This shows the date and time the client associated with the Nebula device.
First seen
This shows the first date and time the client was discovered.
Last seen
This shows the last date and time the client was discovered.
Manufacturer
This shows the manufacturer of the client device.
Authentication
This shows the authentication method used by the client to access the network.
User
This shows the user’s account information used to log into the NCC via captive portal, using Facebook login or 802.1x with Nebula cloud authentication or an RADIUS server.
OS
This shows the operating system running on the client device.
Policy
This shows the security policy applied to the client.
VLAN
This shows the ID number of the VLAN to which the client belongs.
Note
This shows additional information for the client.
Click this icon to display a greater or lesser number of configuration fields.
Client Details
Click a client entry in the AP > Monitor > Client screen to display individual client statistics.
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
AP > Monitor > Client: Client Details
Label
Description
Status
This shows whether the client is online (green), or goes off-line (red). It also shows the last date and time the client was discovered.
SSID
This shows the name of the AP’s wireless network to which the client is connected.
Access point
This shows the name of the Nebula managed AP to which the client is connected.
Click the name to display the individual AP statistics. See AP Details.
Captive portal
This shows the web authentication method used by the client to access the network.
Signal
This shows the RSSI (Received Signal Strength Indicator) of the client’s wireless connection.
User
This shows the number of users currently connected to the network through the client device.
Device type
This shows the manufacturer of the client device.
Note
This shows additional information for the client. Click the edit icon to change it.
History
Click Event log to go to the AP > Monitor > Event log screen.
Map
This shows the location of the client on the Google map.
 
Select to view the device information and connection status in the past two hours, day, week or month.
y-axis
The y-axis shows the amount of data sent or received by the client in kilobytes (KB).
x-axis
The x-axis shows the time period over which the traffic flow occurred.
Network
IPv4 address
This shows the IP address of the client.
MAC address
This shows the MAC address of the client.
If you applied a security policy to a client using the Add client button in the AP > Monitor > Client screen, and the client has never been connected to the AP’s network, an edit icon appears allowing you to modify the client’s MAC address,
Ping
Click the button to ping the client’s IP address from the Nebula AP to test connectivity.
Loss rate
This shows the rate of packet loss when you perform ping.
Average latency
This shows the average latency in ms when you perform ping.
Event Log
Use this screen to view wireless AP log messages. You can enter the AP name, a key word, select one or multiple event types, or specify a date/time to display only the log messages related to it.
Summary Report
This screen displays network statistics for APs of the selected site, such as bandwidth usage, top clients and/or top SSIDs.
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
AP > Monitor > Summary Report
Label
Description
Access Point - Summary report
Select to view the report for the past day, week or month. Alternatively, select Select range... to specify a time period the report will span. You can also select the number of results you want to view in a table.
Email report
Click this button to send summary reports by email, change the logo and set email schedules.
Usage
y-axis
The y-axis shows the transmission speed of data sent on this port in megabits per second (Mbps).
x-axis
The x-axis shows the time period over which the traffic flow occurred.
Top APs by usage
 
This shows the index number of the Nebula AP.
Name
This shows the descriptive name of the Nebula AP.
Model
This shows the model number of the Nebula AP.
Usage
This shows the amount of date transmitted or received by the Nebula AP.
Client
This shows how many clients are currently connecting to the Nebula AP.
Location
This shows the location of the Nebula APs on the map.
Top SSIDs by usage
 
This shows the index number of the SSID.
SSID
This shows the SSID network name.
Encryption
This shows the encryption method use by the SSID network.
# Client
This shows how many Wi-Fi clients are connecting to this SSID.
% Client
This shows what percentage of associated Wi-Fi clients are connecting to this SSID.
Usage
This shows the total amount of data transmitted or received by clients connecting to this SSID.
% Usage
This shows the percentage of usage for the clients connecting to this SSID.
Clients
Total
This shows the total number of clients connected to the Nebula device within the specified period of time.
Daily Average
This shows the average daily number of clients within the specified period of time.
Clients per day
y-axis
The y-axis represents the number of clients.
x-axis
The x-axis represents the date.
Top clients by usage
 
This shows the index number of the client.
Description
This shows the descriptive name or MAC address of the client.
Usage
This shows the total amount of data transmitted and received by the client.
% Usage
This shows the percentage of usage for the client.
Usage details
Top operating systems by usage
 
This shows the index number of the operating system.
OS
This shows the operating system of the client device.
# Client
This shows how many client devices use this operating system.
% Client
This shows the percentage of top client devices which use this operating system.
# Usage
This shows the amount of data consumed by the client device on which this operating system is running.
% Usage
This shows the percentage of usage for top client devices which use this operating system.
Top client device manufacturers by usage
 
This shows the index number of the manufacturer.
Manufacturer
This shows the manufacturer name of the client device.
# Client
This shows how many client devices are made by the manufacturer.
% Client
This shows the percentage of top client devices which are made by the manufacturer.
# Usage
This shows the amount of data consumed by the client device.
% Usage
This shows the percentage of usage for the client device.
Configure
Use the Configure menus to set the wireless and Wi-Fi security settings for APs of the selected site.
SSIDs
This screen allows you to configure up to eight different SSID profiles for your APs. An SSID, or Service Set IDentifier, is basically the name of the wireless network to which a wireless client can connect. The SSID appears as readable text to any device capable of scanning for wireless frequencies (such as the Wi-Fi adapter in a laptop), and is displayed as the wireless network name when a person makes a connection to it.
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
AP > Configure > SSIDs
Label
Description
Show all/Hide disabled SSIDs
Select to display all SSID profiles or the active SSID profiles only.
Name
This shows the SSID name for this profile. Click the edit icon to change it.
Enabled
Click to turn on or off this profile.
Tagging
Enter a tag and click Add new to create a new tag. Alternatively, enter the tag(s) you created for APs in the AP > Monitor > Access Point screen. The SSID profile will only be applied to APs with the specified tag.
If you leave this field blank, this SSID profile will be applied to all APs in the site.
Authentication
Click Edit setting to go to the Authentication screen and configure the Wi-Fi security, L2 isolation, intra-BSS traffic blocking and walled garden settings. See Authentication.
WLAN security
This shows the encryption method used in this profile.
Captive portal method
This shows the authentication method used in this profile.
Captive portal
Click Edit setting to go to the Captive portal screen and configure the captive portal page. See Captive Portal.
Enabled
This shows whether captive portal is enabled for the SSID profile.
Theme
If captive portal is enabled, this shows the name of the captive portal page used in this profile.
Band
Select to have the SSID use either 2.4 GHz band or the 5 GHz band only.
If you select Concurrent operation, the SSID uses both frequency bands. You can then turn on Band Select to have the dual-band AP steer the wireless clients to the 5 GHz band.
VLAN ID
Enter the ID number of the VLAN to which the SSID belongs.
Rate limiting
Set the maximum incoming/outgoing transmission data rate (in kbps) on a per-station basis.
SSID Schedule
Use this screen to view and configure the schedules which can be applied to the SSIDs. The SSID is enabled or disabled at the specified time.
The table shows the name of the existing schedules and the number of SSIDs to which a schedule is applied. Click a schedule’s edit icon to modify the schedule settings or click the Add button to create a new schedule. See Create new schedule.
Create new schedule
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
AP > Configure > SSID schedule: Add
Label
Description
Name
Enter a descriptive name for this schedule for identifying purposes.
Schedule templates
Select a pre-defined schedule template or select Custom schedule and manually configure the day and time at which the SSID is enabled or disabled.
Day
This shows the day of the week.
Availability
Click On to enable the SSID on this day. Otherwise, select Off to disable the SSID.
From - To
Specify the hour and minute when the schedule begins and ends each day
Time display
Select the time format in which the time is displayed.
Close
Click this button to exit this screen without saving.
Add
Click this button to save your changes and close the screen.
Authentication
Use this screen to configure the Wi-Fi security, L2 isolation, intra-BSS traffic blocking and walled garden settings for the SSID profiles.
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
AP > Configure > Authentication
Label
Description
SSID
Select the SSID profile to which the settings you configure here is applied.
SSID availability
 
Visibility
Select Hide this SSID if you want to hide your SSID from wireless clients. This tells any wireless clients in the vicinity of the AP using this SSID profile not to display its SSID name as a potential connection. Not all wireless clients respect this flag and display it anyway. Otherwise, select Broadcast this SSID.
When an SSID is “hidden” and a wireless client cannot see it, the only way you can connect to the SSID is by manually entering the SSID name in your wireless connection setup screen(s) (these vary by client, client connectivity software, and operating system).
Schedule
Select a schedule to control when the SSID is enabled or disabled.
Network access
*You cannot enable MAC authentication, 802.1X authentication and web authentication at the same time.
*User accounts can be created and authenticated using the NCC user database. See Cloud Authentication.
WLAN security
Select Open to allow any client to associate this network without any data encryption or authentication.
Select WPA2 Pre-shared key and enter a pre-shared key from 8 to 64 case-sensitive keyboard characters to enable WPA2-PSK data encryption.
Turn on MAC-based Authentication with to authenticate wireless clients by their MAC addresses. You can select My RADIUS server to use an external RADIUS server or select Nebula cloud authentication to use the NCC for MAC authentication.
Select WPA2-Enterprise with to enable 802.1X secure authentication. You can select My RADIUS server to use an external RADIUS server or select Nebula cloud authentication to use the NCC for 802.1X authentication.
Captive portal
Select Disable to turn off web authentication.
Select Click-to-continue to block network traffic until a client agrees to the policy of user agreement.
Select Sign-on with to block network traffic until a client authenticates with the NCC (Nebula cloud authentication) or an external RADIUS server (My RADIUS server) through the specifically designated web portal page.
Select Facebook to block network traffic until a client authenticates with the NCC using Facebook Login. Facebook Login is a secure and quick way for users to log into your app or website using their existing Facebook accounts.
If you get the App ID for your app at the Facebook developers site, you can enter your Facebook App ID to obtain more information about your users using Facebook Analytics, such as user activity, age, gender, and so on.
RADIUS server
This field is available only when you select to use MAC-based Authentication with My RADIUS server or WPA2-Enterprise with My RADIUS server in the WLAN security field, or when you select Sign-on with My RADIUS server in the Captive portal field.
Click Add a server to specify the IP address, port number and shared secret password of the RADIUS server to be used for authentication.
RADIUS accounting
This field is available only when you select to use WPA2-Enterprise with My RADIUS server in the WLAN security field.
Select RADIUS accounting enabled to enable user accounting through an external RADIUS server.
Select RADIUS accounting disabled to disable user accounting through an external RADIUS server.
RADIUS accounting servers
If you select RADIUS accounting enabled, click Add a server to specify the IP address, port number and shared secret password of the RADIUS server to be used for accounting.
Walled garden
Select to turn on or off the walled garden feature. This field is not configurable if you set Captive portal to Disable.
With a walled garden, you can define one or more web site addresses that all users can access without logging in. These can be used for advertisements for example.
Walled garden ranges
Specify walled garden web site links, which use a (wildcard) domain name or an IP address for web sites that all users are allowed to access without logging in.
Captive portal access attribute
 
Self-registration
This field is available only when you select Sign-on with Nebula Cloud authentication in the Captive portal field.
Select Allow users to create accounts with auto authorized or Allow users to create accounts with manual authorized to display a link in the captive portal login page. The link directs users to a page where they can create an account before they authenticate with the NCC. For Allow users to create accounts with manual authorized, users cannot log in with the account until the account is authorized and granted access. For Allow users to create accounts with auto authorized, users can just use the registered account to log in without administrator approval.
Select Don’t allow users to create accounts to not display a link for account creation in the captive portal login page.
Login on multiple client devices
This field is available only when you select Sign-on with My RADIUS server or Sign-on with Nebula Cloud authentication in the Captive portal field.
Select Multiple devices access simultaneously if you allow users to log in as many times as they want as long as they use different IP addresses.
Select One device at a time if you don’t allow users to have simultaneous logins.
Strict policy
Select Allow HTTPS traffic without sign-on to let users use HTTPS to access a web site without authentication.
Select Block all access until sign-on to block both HTTP and HTTPS traffic until users authenticate their connections. The portal page will not display automatically if users try to access a web site using HTTPS. They will see an error message in the web screen.
NCAS disconnection behavior
This field is available only when you select Click-to-continue or Sign-on with in the Captive portal field.
Select Allowed to allow any users to access the network without authentication when the NCAS (Nebula Cloud Authentication Server) is not reachable.
Select Limited to allow only the currently connected users or the users in the white list to access the network.
Layer 2 isolation
 
Enable layer 2 isolation
Select to turn on or off layer-2 isolation. If a device’s MAC addresses is NOT listed, it is blocked from communicating with other devices in an SSID on which layer-2 isolation is enabled.
Click Add to enter the MAC address of each device that you want to allow to be accessed by other devices in the SSID on which layer-2 isolation is enabled.
Intra-BSS traffic blocking
 
Enable Intra-BSS traffic blocking
This field is not configurable if you enable Layer 2 isolation.
Select On to prevent crossover traffic from within the same SSID. Select Off to allow intra-BSS traffic.
Captive Portal
Use this screen to configure captive portal settings for SSID profiles. A captive portal can intercepts network traffic until the user authenticates his or her connection, usually through a specifically designated login web page.
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
AP > Configure > Captive portal
Label
Description
SSID
Select the SSID profile to which the settings you configure here is applied.
Themes
Click the Copy icon at the upper right corner of the default theme image to create a new custom theme (login page).
Click the Remove icon to delete a custom theme page.
Custom themes
Select a custom theme page and customize the colors on the selected login page, such as the color of the button, text, window’s background, links, borders, and etc.
Select a color that you want to use in the Saved Colors tab. If the color you want is not listed, click the Advanced tab to define a new one.
Preview custom page
Click this button to update the theme image that displays at the right side of the screen.
Edit
Click this button to go to a screen where you can view and configure the details of the custom login page. See Custom Login Page Edit.
External captive portal URL
 
Use URL
Select On to use a custom login page from an external web portal instead of the one built into the NCC. You can configure the look and feel of the web portal page.
Specify the login page’s URL; for example, http://IIS server IP Address/login.asp. The Internet Information Server (IIS) is the web server on which the web portal files are installed.
Click-to-continue/Sign-on page
 
Logo
This shows the logo image that you uploaded for the customized login page.
Click Upload a logo and specify the location and file name of the logo graphic or click Browse to locate it. You can use the following image file formats: GIF, PNG, or JPG.
Message
Enter a note to display below the title. Use up to 1024 printable ASCII characters. Spaces are allowed.
Success page
 
Message
Enter a note to display on the page that displays when a user logs in successfully. Use up to 1024 printable ASCII characters. Spaces are allowed.
Captive portal behavior
 
After the captive portal page where the user should go?
Select To promotion URL and specify the URL of the web site/page to which the user is redirected after a successful login. Otherwise, select Stay on Captive portal authenticated successfully page.
Custom Login Page Edit
Use this screen to check what the custom portal pages look like. You can also view and modify the CSS values of the selected HTML file.
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
AP > Configure > Captive portal: Edit
Label
Description
Back to config
Click this button to return to the Captive portal screen.
Copy of Modern
This shows the name of the theme. Click the edit icon the change it.
Popout
Click this button to display the corresponding portal page in a popup window.
Radio Setting
Use this screen to configure global radio settings for all APs in the site.
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
AP > Configure > Radio setting
Label
Description
Country
Select the country where the AP is located/installed.
The available channels vary depending on the country you selected. Be sure to select the correct/same country for both radios on an AP and all connected APs, in order to prevent roaming failure and interference to other systems.
Maximum output power
Set the maximum target output power of the radio (in dBm).
DCS setting
 
DCS time interval
Select ON to set the DCS time interval (in minutes) to regulate how often the AP surveys the other APs within its broadcast radius. If the channel on which it is currently broadcasting suddenly comes into use by another AP, the AP will then dynamically select the next available clean channel or a channel with lower interference.
DCS schedule
Select ON to have the AP automatically find a less-used channel within its broadcast radius at a specific time on selected days of the week.
You then need to select each day of the week and specify the time of the day (in 24-hour format) to have the AP use DCS to automatically scan and find a less-used channel.
DCS client aware
Select ON to have the AP wait until all connected clients have disconnected before switching channels.
Avoid 5G DFS channel
Select ON to force the AP to select a non-DFS channel if your APs are operating in an area known to have RADAR devices.
2.4 GHz channel deployment
Select Three-Channel Deployment to limit channel switching to channels 1,6, and 11, the three channels that are sufficiently attenuated to have almost no impact on one another. In other words, this allows you to minimize channel interference by limiting channel-hopping to these three “safe” channels.
Select Four-Channel Deployment to limit channel switching to four channels. Depending on the country domain, if the only allowable channels are 1-11 then the AP uses channels 1, 4, 7, 11 in this configuration; otherwise, the AP uses channels 1, 5, 9, 13 in this configuration. Four channel deployment expands your pool of possible channels while keeping the channel interference to a minimum.
Channel width
Select the wireless channel bandwidth you want the AP to use.
A standard 20 MHz channel offers transfer speeds of up to 144Mbps (2.4GHz) or 217Mbps (5GHZ) whereas a 40MHz channel uses two standard channels and offers speeds of up to 300Mbps (2.4GHz) or 450Mbps (5GHZ). An IEEE 802.11ac-specific 80MHz channel offers speeds of up to 1.3Gbps.
40 MHz (channel bonding or dual channel) bonds two adjacent radio channels to increase throughput. A 80 MHz channel consists of two adjacent 40 MHz channels. The wireless clients must also support 40 MHz or 80 MHz. It is often better to use the 20 MHz setting in a location where the environment hinders the wireless signal.
*It is suggested that you select 20 MHz when there is more than one 2.4GHz AP in the network.
List
Click this to display a list of all connected APs.
Map
Click this to display the locations of all connected APs on the Google map.
2.4 GHz
Click this to display the connected APs using the 2.4 GHz frequency band.
5 GHz
Click this to display the connected APs using the 5 GHz frequency band.
DCS Now
Click this button to have the APs immediately scan for and select a channel that has least interference.
Hide transmit circles
Click this button to not show the transmission range on the Map.
Access point
This displays the descriptive name or MAC address of the connected AP.
Radio #
This displays the number of the connected AP’s radio.
Model
This displays the model name of the connected AP.
Band
This displays the frequency band used by the connected AP’s radio.
Channel
This displays the channel ID currently being used by the connected AP’s radio.
Transmit power
This displays the current transmitting power of the connected AP’s radio. If the AP is off-line, this shows the maximum output power you configured for the AP.
Channel width
This displays the wireless channel bandwidth the connected AP’s radio is set to use.
Edit
Click this button to modify the AP’s channel, output power and channel width settings.
Use this screen to configure network traffic load balancing between the APs and enable smart client steering.
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
AP > Configure > Load balancing
Label
Description
Load balancing
Disable
Select this option to disable load balancing on the AP.
Enable "By client device number" mode
Select this option to balance network traffic based on the number of specified client devices connected to the AP.
Maximum client device number
Enter the threshold number of client devices at which the AP begins load balancing its connections.
Disassociate client device when overloaded
Select ON to disassociate wireless clients connected to the AP when it becomes overloaded.
Select OFF to disable this option, then the AP simply delays the connection until it can afford the bandwidth it requires, or it transfers the connection to another AP within its broadcast radius.
The disassociation priority is determined automatically by the AP and is as follows:
Idle Time - Devices that have been idle the longest will be kicked first. If none of the connected devices are idle, then the priority shifts to Signal Strength.
Signal Strength - Devices with the weakest signal strength will be kicked first.
Enable "Smart Classroom" mode
Select this option to balance network traffic based on the number of specified client devices connected to the AP. The AP ignores association request and authentication request packets from any new client device when the maximum number of client devices is reached.
The Disassociate client device when overloaded function is enabled by default and the disassociation priority is always Signal Strength when you select this option.
Maximum client device number
Enter the threshold number of client devices at which the AP begins load balancing its connections.
Smart Steering
Select ON to enable smart client steering on the AP. Client steering helps monitor wireless clients and drop their connections to optimize the bandwidth when the clients are idle or have a low signal. When a wireless client is dropped they have the opportunity to steer to an AP with a strong signal. Additionally, dual band wireless clients can also steer from one band to another.
Select OFF to disable this feature on the AP.
Port Setting
Use this screen to enable or disable a port on the managed AP and configure the port’s VLAN settings. The port settings apply to all Nebula APs that are assigned to the site and have one or more than one Ethernet LAN port (except the uplink port).
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
AP > Configure > Port Setting
Label
Description
LAN x
This is the name of the physical Ethernet port on the AP.
ON/OFF
Select ON to turn on the LAN port of the AP. Select OFF to disable the port.
PVID
Enter the port’s PVID.
A PVID (Port VLAN ID) is a tag that adds to incoming untagged frames received on a port so that the frames are forwarded to the VLAN group that the tag defines.
Allowed VLANs
Enter the VLAN ID number(s) to which the port belongs.
You can enter individual VLAN ID numbers separated by a comma or a range of VLANs by using a dash, such as 1,3,5-8.
Access Point
This displays the descriptive name or MAC address of the connected AP. Only the AP that has an extra Ethernet LAN port will be listed, such as NAP203 or NAP303.
Status
This shows which configuration conflicts if the connected AP’s port configuration conflicts with the NCC’s port settings for the AP. Otherwise, it shows the global port settings for the AP.
Port Setting
This displays the port settings for the managed AP.