FortiWLC – Using Fortinet Service Control
Using Fortinet Service Control Fortinet’s Service Control feature is designed to allow clients in the enterprise network to access and communicate with devices that are advertising service via a...
View ArticleFortiWLC – IPv6 Client Support
IPv6 Client Support FortiWLC (SD) supports both bridge and tunnel mode ESS profile for wireless and wired clients connected to Fortinet access points (APs). The IPv6 client support provides the...
View ArticleFortiWLC – Accessing Spectrum Manager
Accessing Spectrum Manager FortiWLC (SD) versions 6.0-2-0 and later provide the ability to configure deployed APs in spectrum scanning mode, acting as a software-based spectrum monitoring device. This...
View ArticleFortiWLC – Spectrum Manager Dashboard
Spectrum Manager Dashboard The Spectrum Manager Dashboard screen presents the interference information gathered from various “Sensors” on page 123 (“Software Sensors” on page 123 and “Hardware Sensors”...
View ArticleFortiWLC – Control Panels
Control Panels The Control Panels are displayed towards the left of the Dashboard screen. The following table depicts the various Control Panel tabs available on the Monitor Console screen: “Sensors...
View ArticleFortiWLC – RF Interferer Classification
RF Interferer Classification Wi-Fi networks operate in the unlicensed 2.4 and 5 GHz frequency bands, where they share a medium with a variety of other devices. With the exception of Bluetooth devices,...
View ArticleFortiWLC – Device Fingerprinting
Device Fingerprinting Device fingerprinting allows collection of various attributes about a device connecting to your network. The collected attributes can fully or partially identify individual...
View ArticleFortiWLC – Beacon Services
Beacon Services Fortinet Beacon Services use iBeacon to allow mobile application (iOS and Android devices) to receive signals from beacons in the physical world to deliver hyper-contextual content to...
View ArticleFortiWLC – Configuring an ESS
Configuring an ESS A basic service set (BSS) is the basic building block of an IEEE 802.11 wireless LAN; one access point together with all associated clients is called a BSS. An AP acquires its...
View ArticleFortiWLC – Add an ESS with the Web UI
Add an ESS with the Web UI ESS profiles can be configured either from E(z)RF Network Manager or from the controller. You can tell where an ESS profile was configured by checking the read-only field...
View ArticleFortiWLC – When is Virtualization Really on for an AP?
When is Virtualization Really on for an AP? All APs except AP400 is always ready to use Virtual Cell or Native Cell; no configuration at the radio level is necessary. To enable either of them, simply...
View ArticleFortiWLC – Adding an ESS with the CLI
Adding an ESS with the CLI Assigning an ESSID with the CLI The ESSID is the ESS name that clients use to connect to the WLAN. An ESSID can be a string of up to 32 alphanumeric characters long. Do not...
View ArticleFortiWLC – Virtual Cell Overflow Feature
Virtual Cell Overflow Feature This feature, called Vcell Overflow, works by pairing a Virtual Cell ESS with a non-Virtual Cell ESS. The overflow ESS automatically inherits the parameters of the Virtual...
View ArticleFortiWLC – When Would I Use Virtual Cell Overflow?
When Would I Use Virtual Cell Overflow? This feature is designed for a high density deployment and provides a solution for bottlenecks caused by transmitting beacons. Virtual Cell Overflow is useful in...
View ArticleFortiWLC – Bridging Versus Tunneling
Bridging Versus Tunneling The bridged AP feature allows APs to be installed and managed at locations separated from the controller by a WAN or ISP, for example, in a satellite office. Encryption can be...
View ArticleFortiWLC – WAN Survivability
WAN Survivability FortiWLC (SD) provides the following support for bridged and tunneled devices during a WAN connection outage. When a Bridged APs Lose Controller Contact When a bridged AP loses...
View ArticleFortiWLC – Multicast
Multicast Multicast is a technique frequently used for the delivery of streaming media, such as video, to a group of destinations simultaneously. Instead of sending a copy of the stream to each client,...
View ArticleFortiWLC – Multicast MAC Transparency Feature
Multicast MAC Transparency Feature This feature enables MAC transparency for tunneled multicast, which is needed for some clients to receive multicast packets. Multicasting is an advanced feature and...
View ArticleFortiWLC – Multicast Restriction per VLAN
Multicast Restriction per VLAN When “multicast to unicast” conversion is enabled, multicast/broadcast packets will be restricted to respective VLANs only. Supported in: AP110, AP122, AP332, AP822,...
View ArticleFortiWLC – Band Steering Feature
Band Steering Feature Band steering works with multi-band capable clients by letting you assign bands to clients based on their capabilities. Without band steering, an ABG client could formerly...
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