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2012 ah apj wlan design fundamentals
The document discusses the fundamentals of wireless LAN design, including defining requirements, conducting site surveys, designing the network and radio frequency layouts, implementing security, quality of service, and staging, installing, administering, monitoring, and troubleshooting the network. It addresses topics such as coverage planning, mounting access points, virtual survey tools, controller vs. instant architectures, service set identifier design, role-based security, wireless intrusion prevention, quality of service, and deployment considerations.
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- 1. CONFIDENTIAL © Copyright 2012.Aruba Networks, Inc. All rights reserved 1 WLAN DESIGN FUNDAMENTALS Presented by Neil Bhave Channel Enablement Manager CONFIDENTIAL © Copyright 2011. Aruba Networks, Inc. All rights reserved
- 2. 2 2 CONFIDENTIAL © Copyright2012. Aruba Networks, Inc. All rights reserved Validated Reference Designs (VRD) http://www.arubanetworks.com/vrd
- 3. 3 3 CONFIDENTIAL © Copyright2012. Aruba Networks, Inc. All rights reserved The WLAN Lifecycle • Requirements Definition • Site Surveys • Network Design • RF Design • Security Design • QoS Design • Staging & Provisioning • Installation & Validation • Administration • Monitoring • Troubleshooting
- 4. 4 4 CONFIDENTIAL © Copyright2012. Aruba Networks, Inc. All rights reserved Understand Mobility Requirements Virtual Desktops Collaboration Multimedia Mobile Devices
- 5. 5 5 CONFIDENTIAL © Copyright2012. Aruba Networks, Inc. All rights reserved Site Surveys
- 6. 6 6 CONFIDENTIAL © Copyright2012. Aruba Networks, Inc. All rights reserved AP Coverage
- 7. 7 7 CONFIDENTIAL © Copyright2012. Aruba Networks, Inc. All rights reserved 5 GHz Coverage in a 2.4 GHz Plan
- 8. 8 8 CONFIDENTIAL © Copyright2012. Aruba Networks, Inc. All rights reserved Mounting APs Ceiling Wall
- 9. 9 9 CONFIDENTIAL © Copyright2012. Aruba Networks, Inc. All rights reserved Virtual Survey Tools Outdoor 3D PlannerVisualRF Plan
- 10. 10 10 CONFIDENTIAL © Copyright2012. Aruba Networks, Inc. All rights reserved Aruba Controller vs. Aruba Instant Aruba Campus Solution Aruba Instant Relative cost $$$ $ Scalability Thousands of APs Hundreds of thousands of users/ devices 32 APs 512 users/ devices Policy management Centralized policy store Centralize policies via AirWave User security Context-aware security by role, device, location User based Mobility Voice ready Layer 3 Voice ready single subnet Provisioning and software upgrades Controller Virtual Controller, cloud- based image server, or AirWave Onsite IT required? Yes, at installation and periodically during operations No Operations management AirWave AirWave
- 11. 11 11 CONFIDENTIAL © Copyright2012. Aruba Networks, Inc. All rights reserved AP Decision Tree
- 12. 12 12 CONFIDENTIAL © Copyright2012. Aruba Networks, Inc. All rights reserved SSID Design • Most common SSID design for enterprise organizations includes 2-3 different SSIDs – Employee users – strong authentication and encryption suite – Application – devices not capable of strong authentication and encryption levels – Guest access – will not run any encryption; requires authentication
- 13. 13 13 CONFIDENTIAL © Copyright2012. Aruba Networks, Inc. All rights reserved Corporate Services Guest Data Voice Signage PoS Virtual AP 1 SSID: Corp Virtual AP 2 SSID: GUEST DMZ Amigopod Guest Access Captive Portal Role-Based Access Control Access Rights Secure Tunnel To DMZ SSID-Based Access ControlPoS Data Voice Signage Guest Role-Based Security Architecture RADIUS LDAP AD
- 14. 14 14 CONFIDENTIAL © Copyright2012. Aruba Networks, Inc. All rights reserved Continuous RF monitoring of wireless devices, activity and configuration across all 802.11 channels Discover Complete 802.11 Spectrum Monitoring Automatic classification of threats and non-threats is critical to RF security Classify Policy-Based Threat Prioritization Automated containment to block any rogue or intruder Automated logging and report distribution ensures compliance with wireless security policies and regulations Alert and Audit Automated Compliance Reporting Contain Automated Threat Mitigation Wireless Threat Protection Framework
- 15. 15 15 CONFIDENTIAL © Copyright2012. Aruba Networks, Inc. All rights reserved Quality of Service (QoS)
- 16. 16 16 CONFIDENTIAL © Copyright2012. Aruba Networks, Inc. All rights reserved Deployment Considerations • How big / how many subnets do you need to support your devices (not just users)? • How will the APs discover the master controller? • How will the installer let you know where the AP was mounted? • How will RAPs be configured, IT or end user?
- 17. 17 17 CONFIDENTIAL © Copyright2012. Aruba Networks, Inc. All rights reserved Campus Deployment
- 18. 18 18 CONFIDENTIAL © Copyright2012. Aruba Networks, Inc. All rights reserved Remote Access
- 19. 19 19 CONFIDENTIAL © Copyright2012. Aruba Networks, Inc. All rights reserved Monitoring
- 20. 20 20 CONFIDENTIAL © Copyright2012. Aruba Networks, Inc. All rights reserved Troubleshooting
- 21. 21 21 CONFIDENTIAL © Copyright2012. Aruba Networks, Inc. All rights reserved Client Diagnostics
- 22. 22 22 CONFIDENTIAL © Copyright2012. Aruba Networks, Inc. All rights reserved Network Diagnostics
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