
Overview of the SCALANCE WLC711 Solution
SCALANCE WLC711 and Your Network
SCALANCE WLC711
1-6 C79000-G8976-C260-03, 07/2012, User Guide, V8.11
• IWLAN Controller Access Point (Wireless AP) — A wireless LAN fit access point that
communicates with a SCALANCE IWLAN Controller.
• RADIUS Server (Remote Access Dial-In User Service) (RFC2865), or other authentication
server — An authentication server that assigns and manages ID and Password protection
throughout the network. Used for authentication of the wireless users in either 802.1x or
Captive Portal security modes. The RADIUS Server system can be set up for certain standard
attributes, such as filter ID, and for the Vendor Specific Attributes (VSAs). In addition,
RADIUS Disconnect (RFC3576) which permits dynamic adjustment of user policy (user
disconnect) is supported.
• DHCP Server (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) (RFC2131) — A server that assigns
dynamically IP addresses, gateways, and subnet masks. IP address assignment for clients can
be done by the DHCP server internal to the SCALANCE IWLAN Controller, or by existing
servers using DHCP relay. It is also used by the Wireless APs to discover the location of the
SCALANCE IWLAN Controller during the initial registration process using Options 43, 60,
and Option 78. Options 43 and 60 specify the vendor class identifier (VCI) and vendor specific
information. Option 78 specifies the location of one or more SLP Directory Agents. For SLP,
DHCP should have Option 78 enabled.
• Service Location Protocol (SLP) (SLP RFC2608) — Client applications are User Agents and
services that are advertised by a Service Agent. In larger installations, a Directory Agent
collects information from Service Agents and creates a central repository. The Siemens
solution relies on registering “Siemens” as an SLP Service Agent.
• Domain Name Server (DNS) — A server used as an alternate mechanism (if present on the
enterprise network) for the automatic discovery process. SCALANCE IWLAN Controller,
Access Points and Convergence Software relies on the DNS for Layer 3 deployments and for
static configuration of Wireless APs. The controller can be registered in DNS, to provide DNS
assisted AP discovery. In addition, DNS can also be used for resolving RADIUS server
hostnames.
• Web Authentication Server — A server that can be used for external Captive Portal and
external authentication. The SCALANCE IWLAN Controller has an internal Captive portal
presentation page, which allows Web authentication (Web redirection) to take place without
the need for an external Captive Portal server.
• RADIUS Accounting Server (Remote Access Dial-In User Service) (RFC2866) — A server that
is required if RADIUS Accounting is enabled.
• Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) — A Manager Server that is required if
forwarding SNMP messages is enabled.
• Network infrastructure — The Ethernet switches and routers must be configured to allow
routing between the various services noted above. Routing must also be enabled between
multiple SCALANCE IWLAN Controllers for the following features to operate successfully:
– Availability
– Mobility
– Mitigator for detection of rogue access points
Some features also require the definition of static routes.
• Web Browser — A browser provides access to the SCALANCE IWLAN Controller
Management user interface to configure the SCALANCE WLC711.
• SSH Enabled Device — A device that supports Secure Shell (SSH) is used for remote (IP) shell
access to the system.
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