Configuring Antenna Alignment VAPs
Context
During WDS network deployment, you can configure antenna alignment VAPs for WDS nodes to facilitate antenna alignment between neighboring APs. When commissioning the network onsite, connect a mobile terminal to an antenna alignment VAP and start the antenna alignment program on the terminal to collect signal strength information of the peer AP radio. The collected information boosts easy antenna alignment operations.
You can log in to Huawei technical support website and search for Probe Handset Unit to download the Antenna Alignment program.
Enterprise technical support website: https://support.huawei.com/enterprise
Carrier technical support website: https://support.huawei.com
Procedure
- Run system-view
The system view is displayed.
- Run wlan ac
The WLAN view is displayed.
- Run security-profile name profile-name
The security profile used by antenna alignment VAPs is created and the security profile view is displayed.
By default, security profiles default and default-wds are available in the system.
- Run security { wpa | wpa2 | wpa-wpa2 } psk { pass-phrase | hex } key-value { aes | tkip | aes-tkip }
The security policy and key are configured.
By default, the security policy is open system.
The antenna alignment VAP supports only the WEP or WPA/WPA2 PSK authentication mode. You can run the security wep share-key and wep key key-id { wep-40 | wep-104 | wep-128 } { pass-phrase | hex } key-value commands to configure WEP authentication.
- Run quit
Return to the WLAN view.
- Run ssid-profile name profile-name
An SSID profile is created and the SSID profile view is displayed.
By default, the system provides the SSID profile default.
- Run ssid ssid
The SSID name is configured.
By default, the SSID HUAWEI-WLAN is configured in an SSID profile.
- Run quit
Return to the WLAN view.
- Run vap-profile name profile-name
A VAP profile is created and the VAP profile view is displayed.
By default, the system provides the VAP profile default.
- Run temporary-management enable
The VAPs are configured as the offline management VAP and antenna alignment VAP.
By default, a VAP is a service VAP.
- Run ssid-profile profile-name
The SSID profile is bound to the VAP profile.
By default, the SSID profile default is bound to a VAP profile.
- Run security-profile profile-name
The security profile is bound to a VAP profile.
By default, the security profile default is bound to a VAP profile.
- Run quit
Return to the WLAN view.
- Run ap-system-profile name profile-name
An AP system profile is created and the AP system profile view is displayed.
By default, the system provides the AP system profile default.
- Run temporary-management enable
The offline management VAP and antenna alignment VAP functions are enabled.
By default, offline management VAP and antenna alignment VAP functions are disabled.
- Run quit
Return to the WLAN view.
- Apply the VAP profile. You can use any of the following
methods:
- Bind the VAP profile to an AP group.
- Bind the VAP profile to an AP.
- Bind the VAP profile to AP group radios.
- Bind the VAP profile to an AP radio.
- Run the ap-id ap-id, ap-mac ap-mac, or ap-name ap-name command to enter the AP view.
- Run the radio radio-id command to enter the radio view.
Run the vap-profile profile-name wlan wlan-id command to bind the VAP profile to AP group radios.
By default, no VAP profile is bound to a radio.
- Run quit
Return to the WLAN view.
- Apply the AP system profile. You can use any of the following
methods:
Bind the AP system profile to an AP group.
- Run the ap-group name group-name command to enter the AP group view.
Run the ap-system-profile profile-name command to bind the AP system profile to the AP group.
By default, the AP system profile default is bound to an AP group, but no AP system profile is bound to an AP.
Bind the AP system profile to an AP.
- Run the ap-id ap-id, ap-mac ap-mac, or ap-name ap-name command to enter the AP view.
Run the ap-system-profile profile-name command to bind the AP system profile to the AP.
By default, the AP system profile default is bound to an AP group, but no AP system profile is bound to an AP.
- Run quit
Return to the WLAN view.
- Run commit { all | ap-name ap-name | ap-id { ap-id1 [ to ap-id2 ] } &<1-10> }
Configurations are delivered to APs.