IP-COM AC3000 User manual

Table of Contents
PART 1 WEB LOGIN............................................................................................................................................ 2
1.1 LOGIN..................................................................................................................................................................... 2
1.2 LOGOUT .................................................................................................................................................................. 3
1.3 LAYOUT OF WEB UI................................................................................................................................................... 4
Fit AP Management...................................................................................................................................................... 4
Fat AP Management..................................................................................................................................................... 5
Tip................................................................................................................................................................................. 6
1.4 LOGIN ACCOUNT....................................................................................................................................................... 6
1.5 ELEMENTS OF WEB UI ............................................................................................................................................... 7
1.6 NOTE...................................................................................................................................................................... 7
PART 2 SWITCH FAT AP TO FIT AP.............................................................................................................. 8
2.1 NETWORK TOPOLOGY ................................................................................................................................................ 8
2.2 CONFIGURATION STEP................................................................................................................................................ 8
Step 1: Authorize Your AC ............................................................................................................................................. 9
Step 2: Upload Fit AP’s Firmware to AC ........................................................................................................................ 9
Step 3: Switch Fat AP Mode to Fit AP Mode ............................................................................................................... 10
2.3 VERIFY THE CONFIGURATION ..................................................................................................................................... 10
PART 3 DISCOVER AC IN DIFFERENT NETWORK .............................................................................. 11
3.1 DISCOVER AC IN LOCAL NETWORK ............................................................................................................................. 11
3.2 DISCOVER CROSS-NETWORK AC................................................................................................................................. 11
Networking Requirement ........................................................................................................................................... 11
Network Topology....................................................................................................................................................... 12
Configuration Guide ................................................................................................................................................... 12
Configuration Step...................................................................................................................................................... 12
Verify the Configuration ............................................................................................................................................. 14
3.3 DISCOVER CROSS-INTERNET AC ................................................................................................................................. 15
Networking Requirement ........................................................................................................................................... 15
Network Topology....................................................................................................................................................... 16

Configuration Guide ................................................................................................................................................... 16
Configuration Step...................................................................................................................................................... 16
Verify the Configuration ............................................................................................................................................. 18
PART 4 APPLICATION OF AP FORWARDING MODE........................................................................ 20
4.1 OVERVIEW............................................................................................................................................................. 20
Centralized Forwarding Mode .................................................................................................................................... 21
Distributed Forwarding Mode .................................................................................................................................... 22
Application Example ................................................................................................................................................... 22
4.2 CONFIGURATION GUIDE ........................................................................................................................................... 23
Centralized Forwarding Mode .................................................................................................................................... 23
Distributed Forwarding Mode .................................................................................................................................... 24
4.3 APPLICATION EXAMPLE............................................................................................................................................. 24
Centralized Forwarding Mode Application ................................................................................................................. 24
Distributed Forwarding Mode Application ................................................................................................................. 30
Mixed Forwarding Mode Application 1 ...................................................................................................................... 35
Mixed Forwarding Mode Application 2 ...................................................................................................................... 44
PART 5 APPLICATION OF NETWORK SETTINGS................................................................................ 58
Networking Requirement ........................................................................................................................................... 58
Network Topology....................................................................................................................................................... 59
Assumption................................................................................................................................................................. 59
Configuration Step...................................................................................................................................................... 60
Verify the Configuration ............................................................................................................................................. 65
In Sum: All settings on Each Device ............................................................................................................................ 65
PART 6 APPLICATION OF ADVERTISING ............................................................................................... 67
6.1 APPLICATION OF NO PASSWORD AUTHORIZATION.......................................................................................................... 67
6.2 APPLICATION OF PORTAL AUTHORIZATION.................................................................................................................... 73
6.3 APPLICATION OF FACEBOOK AUTHORIZATION................................................................................................................ 80

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Configuration Guide Overview
AC3000 provides abundant functions and flexible configurations. This Configuration Guide tries to help you
configure the AC by several applications. Also you have many other choices for your particular use case.
The configuration guide consists of the following parts.
Part
Description
Part 1
Web Login
This part describes how to login and logout AC’s Web UI, and introduces the Web UI’s
other information.
Part 2
Switch Fat AP to Fit AP
This part is required.
Part 3
Discover AC in Different
Network
This part is required if you need to manage cross-network or cross-Internet fit APs.
Part 4
Application of AP
Forwarding Mode
This part introduces AP forwarding mode and provides four applications to help you
configure AC and other devices.
Centralized Forwarding Mode Application: If you need to centrally manage all
wireless guests, follow this application.
Distributed Forwarding Mode Application: If you want to save your network
bandwidth, follow this application.
Mixed Forwarding Mode Application 1: If your network has two types of users with
different access rights, follow this application.
Mixed Forwarding Mode Application 2: If your network has three types of users with
different access rights and one has rights to access any provided service, follow this
application.
Part 5
Application of Network
Settings
This part provides an example to help you configure VLAN-based network settings.
Part 6
Application of
Advertising
This part shows how to create and deliver advertisements to terminals.

Web Login
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Part 1 Web Login
1.1 Login
AC3000 provides Web UI to help you manage and maintain this device. When you use AC3000 for the first time,
you can log in to the AC’s Web UI via a browser with default login information.
The default login information includes:
Login Information
Default Value
IP Address
192.168.10.1
Username
admin
Password
admin
To log in to the Web UI: (Assuming that the AC’s login information is the default value)
1. Connect a management PC to the AC with an Ethernet cable.
2. Set up IP address of the PC to “192.168.10.X” (X is between 2~254), with a subnet mask of “255.255.255.0”.
3. Launch a browser, enter https://192.168.10.1 in the address bar and press Enter or Return.
If the following page appears, click ADVANCED > Proceed to 192.168.10.1 (unsafe).
4. Enter the login username admin and password admin and click Login.

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Then you can manage the AC through the Web UI.
Tip
For better compatibility, it is recommended to use the following browsers:
Google Chrome 26.0 or higher version
Internet Explorer 9.0 or higher version
Mozilla Firefox 20.0 or higher version
In this configuration guide, we take Google Chrome as an example.
After logging in to the Web UI, you can modify the login IP address or create new users.
1.2 Logout
Close the browser window directly or click “Logout” on the top right corner to safely exit from the Web UI.

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1.3 Layout of Web UI
AC3000 provides two Web UIs to manage fit AP and fat AP at the same time. To distinguish the two Web UIs, we
might call them first Web UI and second Web UI respectively in some circumstances.
The layouts of the two Web UIs are described below.
Fit AP Management
After logging in to AC3000, you will come to the first Web UI for fit AP management, shown as follows.
This Web UI is divided into four parts: primary navigation bar, secondary navigation bar, configuration area, and
auxiliary area, described as follows.
Number
Name
Description
Primary navigation
bar
The navigation bar organizes the AC’s menu of all functions in the form of a
navigation tree. You can choose the function menu from the navigation bar
with selection result shown in the configuration area.
Secondary
navigation bar
Configuration area
The area is used to configure and view settings.
Auxiliary area
Auxiliary area in the top right corner displays the current login account,
and provides “Logout” button.
Auxiliary area in the bottom of the page displays our website link and
copyright.

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Fat AP Management
AC3000 also provides a Web UI for fat AP management. To get into this Web UI, go to System Tool > Old
Firmware AP of the first Web UI, and click Login to Web UI.
Then you will come to the second Web UI for fat AP management.

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This Web UI is divided into three parts, shown as follows.
Number
Name
Description
Primary navigation
bar
The navigation bar organizes the AC’s menu of all functions in the form of a
navigation tree. You can choose the function menu from the navigation bar
with selection result shown in the configuration area.
Secondary
navigation bar
Configuration area
The area is used to configure and view settings.
Tip
If a parameter or button can’t be modified, consider the following reasons:
You have no permission to modify it. Please use a higher level account and retry.
It can’t be modified because you configure some incompatible parameters.
This release version of AC3000 does not support it and it may be developed in the next version.
1.4 Login Account
AC3000 provides three levels of login account: Super Administrator, Administrator and Guest. If a lower level
account can modify a setting, the higher level account also has the permission to modify it.
The permissions of the three accounts are described below.
Account
Permission
Super
Administrator
A super administrator can modify and view any settings on the Web UI.
Administrator
An administrator can view any settings on the Web UI but can only modify the following
settings:
Modify its own login password and allowed IP address in System Tool > Administrator.
Modify all settings of Monitoring, Policy Management, AP Management, Map &
Diagram and Captive Portal.
Modify all settings of Alarm Setting > Events Alarm.
Modify all settings of System Tool > Diagnosis Tool/ System Log/ Reboot/ Old Firmware
AP.
Guest
A guest can view any settings on the Web UI, but he can’t modify any setting except:
Refresh and export information.
Use diagnosis tool ping and traceroute to detect the network connection status.

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1.5 Elements of Web UI
The following table shows the commonly used buttons of the Web UI.
Button
Description
Click the button to create a policy or a rule.
Click the button to apply your settings.
Click the button to cancel or clear the settings you are editing.
Click the button to export the current page’s information to an appropriate directory. The
exported file is in the format Filename.csv.
Click the button to delete an unused policy or an offline AP’s information.
The following table shows the commonly used actions of the Web UI.
Action
Description
Used to modify the corresponding rule or policy.
Used to delete the corresponding rule or policy.
Used to refresh the information on the page.
Used to specify how many entries are displayed on each page.
Used to search for target information. Please select an item from the
dropdown menu and enter keywords in the box.
1.6 Note
If you have upgraded a firmware for the AC, please clear the browser cache to ensure that all functions of the
Web UI are displayed correctly.

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Part 2 Switch Fat AP to Fit AP
Most IP-COM APs are in fat AP mode when you purchase them. To easily manage your APs, switch them from fat
AP mode to fit AP mode. Through this part, you can achieve that:
All fat APs are switched to fit APs.
All your fit APs can obtain an IP address from AC and can be managed by AC.
The default SSID policy and default RF policy are delivered to all fit APs.
2.1 Network Topology
To switch your AP from fat AP mode to fit AP mode, please deploy your devices as follows first.
(The amount of switches depends on the amount of APs. You can remove excess core switch and PoE switch if
necessary.)
Assume that all switches’ports are in VLAN 1. The AC and all APs are in factory default settings.
2.2 Configuration Step
To switch fat AP to fit AP, only three steps are required:
Step 1: Authorize Your AC
Step 2: Upload Fit AP’s Firmware to AC
Step 3: Switch Fat AP Mode to Fit AP Mode
Other basic configurations are prepared for you by the AC so that you don’t have to configure them right now.

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Step 1: Authorize Your AC
By default the AC can manage only one AP. You need to obtain a license to authorize your AC and manage more
APs.
To Authorize Your AC:
1. Contact IP-COM technical support engineer to obtain your license.(Each AC has a unique license.)
(Go to our website http://www.ip-com.com.cn to contact us.)
2. Log in to AC’s Web UI and go to System Tool > License.
3. Click Update License, enter your license and click OK.
Authorized successfully! You can check how many APs your AC can manage currently.
Step 2: Upload Fit AP’s Firmware to AC
Before you switch your AP from fat AP mode to fit AP mode, please upload fit AP’s firmware to your AC.
To Upload Fit AP’s Firmware to AC:
1. Go to http://www.ip-com.com.cn and download the AP’s matched firmware to an appropriate directory.
2. Log in to the AC’s Web UI and go to System Tool > Maintenance > Manage AP Firmware.
3. Click Browse… and upload the corresponding fit AP firmware to AC.
4. Click Upload.
Then you will see the AP’s firmware.

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Step 3: Switch Fat AP Mode to Fit AP Mode
Most IP-COM APs are in fat AP mode when you purchase them. To easily manage your APs, switch them from fat
AP mode to fit AP mode.
Note
When you are switching AP mode, DO NOT power off the AC and AP, or it might cause damage to the AP!
To Switch Fat AP Mode to Fit AP Mode:
1. Log in to the AC’s first Web UI and go to System Tool > Old Firmware AP.
2. Click Login to Web UI.
Then you come to the second Web UI to manage fat AP.
3. On the second Web UI, go to Manage AP > AP Modify.
You can see all fat APs have been managed by AC automatically.
4. Select all APs and click Switch to Fit AP.
It will take about 1~2 minutes for all fat APs to switch to fit AP mode.
5. Go back to the AC’s first Web UI and you can see all fit APs have been managed by the AC.
2.3 Verify the Configuration
After you finish above configurations, verify the following results.
All fat APs are switched to fit APs.
All your fit APs can obtain an IP address from AC and can be managed by AC.
The default SSID policy and default RF policy are delivered to all fit APs.

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Part 3 Discover AC in Different Network
Different network deployment requires different configurations.
If AC and fit APs are in the same network, skip to Discover AC in Local Network.
If AC and fit APs are in different network, skip to Discover Cross-network .
If AC and fit APs are cross Internet, skip to Discover Cross-Internet .
3.1 Discover AC in Local Network
If AC and APs are in the same local network, the AC can manage fit APs automatically after you deploy all devices
and Switch Fat AP to Fit AP.
3.2 Discover Cross-network AC
If AC and fit APs are in different network, you need to:
Configure AC
Configure AP
Networking Requirement
The AC needs to manage fit APs from other networks. Assumptions are as follows.
AC’s LAN1 port is in default VLAN interface.
Layer 3 switch enables DHCP server on port 2.
Other assumptions are shown on the network topology.

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Network Topology
Configuration Guide
1. Manually configure AP1 to discover AC.
2. When AP1 is managed by AC successfully, AP1 will broadcast AC’s IP address to other APs.
You don’t need to configure other APs.
3. Finally all APs will be managed by AC.
Tip
By default, all fit APs might have the same IP address. To ensure that you can successfully log in to AP1’s Web UI,
it is recommended to deploy AP1 first. After AP1 is successfully managed by AC, you can deploy other APs.
Configuration Step
Configure AC
To manage APs from other networks, you need to configure AC to make it reachable to AP’s network.
To Configure AC:
1. Log in to AC’s Web UI and go to Network Setting >IP Routing.
2. Click Add to create a route which is reachable to AP’s network.
Remark: Enter a remark for this route, such as Net12.

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Destination Network: Enter the AP’s network 192.168.12.0.
Subnet Mask: Enter the AP’s subnet mask 255.255.255.0.
Next Hop: Enter the gateway of this route. In this example, it is Layer 3 switch’s port 1 IP address
192.168.10.2.
VLAN Interface: Select default.
Click Save to apply your settings.
Configure AP
Here we take AP325 as an example.
To Configure AP:
1. Restore AP1 to factory default.
Press RESET button for 15 seconds and wait for about 45 seconds, the AP will be restored to factory default.
2. Log in to AP1’s Web UI with the following information.
Address: http://192.168.0.254:8080
Username: admin
Password: admin
If you fail to login, it might be caused by IP conflict, please disconnect other APs from PoE switch and retry.
3. Go to Network Settings and set up the following parameters.
AC Management IP: Enter AC’s corresponding VLAN interface IP address. In this example, we enter
192.168.10.1.
Address Type: Select DHCP.
Click Save.

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4. Go to System Tools > Reboot Device and click Reboot to make above configurations take effect.
5. After you finish configuring AP1, connect other APs to PoE switch if necessary.
Verify the Configuration
1. After you configure AC and AP1, log in to AC’s Web UI and go to AP Management > Modify AP. Click Refresh
and you will see AP1 (AP325) is online and managed by AC.
Tip
If AP1 is not online, please wait for about 1 minute and click Refresh to retry.

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2. After you connect all APs to PoE switch, you will see all APs will gradually be online on AC’s AP Management >
Modify AP page.
3.3 Discover Cross-Internet AC
If AC and fit APs are cross Internet, you need to:
Configure AC
Configure Router
Configure AP
Tip
When AC needs to manage fit APs from Internet, you may need to open the following ports to public on the AC’s
gateway.
Port
Protocol
Description
12598
TCP
This port is used for fit AP to be managed by AC.
17437
TCP
This port is used for fit AP to be upgraded by AC.
14998
TCP
This port is used for fit AP to discover AC.
60000~62047
UDP
These are the total range of data tunnel ports. Actually, you might use some of
them. Go to System Tool > Diagnosis Tool and select Tunnel Interface to get the
data tunnels’ ports you are used.
443
TCP
The https management port. This port is used by the Administrator to log in to AC’s
Web UI and manage AC.
Networking Requirement
The AC needs to manage fit APs from Internet. Assumptions are as follows.
Gateway_1 is a DNS proxy.
AC/fit AP system uses distributed forwarding mode.
All fit APs obtain IP address from Gateway_2.
Other assumptions are shown on the network topology.

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Network Topology
Configuration Guide
1. Manually configure AP1 to discover AC.
2. When AP1 is managed by AC successfully, AP1 will broadcast AC’s IP address to other APs.
You don’t need to configure other APs.
3. Finally all APs will be managed by AC.
Tip
By default, all fit APs might have the same IP address. To ensure that you can successfully log in to AP1’s Web UI,
it is recommended to deploy AP1 first. After AP1 is successfully managed by AC, you can deploy other APs.
Configuration Step
Configure AC
To manage APs from Internet, you need to configure AC to make it access the Internet.
To Configure AC：
1. Log in to AC’s Web UI and go to Network Setting >Network Setting > Internet Settings for AC.
2. Click Add to create an Internet setting for AC.
Gateway: Enter 192.168.10.254 in this example.

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Primary DNS: Enter 192.168.10.254 in this example.
Click Save to apply your settings.
After finishing above configuration, you can go to System Tool >Diagnosis Tool and use Ping tool to check
whether AC is reachable to 192.168.10.254.
Configure Router
Configure Virtual Server function on Gateway_1 (gateway_1 is the AC’s gateway). In this example, all SSIDs are in
distributed forwarding mode, so the router needs to open only three ports: 12598, 17437 and 14998.
For configuration details, refer to the router’s user guide.
Configure AP
Here we take AP325 as an example.
To Configure AP:
1. Restore AP1 to factory default.
Press RESET button for 15 seconds and wait for about 45 seconds, the AP will be restored to factory default.
2. Log in to AP1’s Web UI with the following information.
Address: http://192.168.0.254:8080
Username: admin
Password: admin
If you fail to login, it might be caused by IP conflict, please disconnect other APs from PoE switch and retry.
3. Go to Network Settings and set up the following parameters.
AC Management IP: Enter WAN IP address of AC’s gateway. In this example, we enter 1.2.3.4.
Address Type: Select DHCP.
Click Save.