FortiOS Handbook - Deploying Wireless Networks

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Configuring the built-in access point on a FortiWiFi unit Configuring a WiFi LAN 5. If you do not want the built-in WiFi radio to be used for rogue scanning, select Do not participate in Rogue AP scanning. 6. Select OK. If you want to connect external APs, such as FortiAP units, see the next chapter, Access point deployment. 50 Deploying Wireless Networks for FortiOS 5.4 Fortinet Technologies Inc.
Access point deployment This chapter describes how to configure access points for your wireless network. Overview Network topology for managed APs Discovering and authorizing APs Advanced WiFi controller discovery Wireless client load balancing for high-density deployments FortiAP Groups LAN port options Preventing IP fragmentation of packets in CAPWAP tunnels LED options Overview FortiAP units discover WiFi controllers. The administrator of the WiFi controller authorizes the FortiAP units that the controller will manage. In most cases, FortiAP units can find WiFi controllers through the wired Ethernet without any special configuration. Review the following section, Access point deployment on page 51, to make sure that your method of connecting the FortiAP unit to the WiFi controller is valid. Then, you are ready to follow the procedures in Access point deployment on page 51. If your FortiAP units are unable to find the WiFi controller, refer to Access point deployment on page 51 for detailed information about the FortiAP unit’s controller discovery methods and how you can configure them. Network topology for managed APs The FortiAP unit can be connected to the FortiGate unit in any of the following ways: Direct connection: The FortiAP unit is directly connected to the FortiGate unit with no switches between them. This configuration is common for locations where the number of FortiAP’s matches up with the number of ‘internal’ ports available on the FortiGate. In this configuration the FortiAP unit requests an IP address from the FortiGate unit, enters discovery mode and should quickly find the FortiGate WiFi controller. This is also known as a wirecloset deployment. See "Wirecloset and Gateway deployments" below. Deploying Wireless Networks for FortiOS 5.4 Fortinet Technologies Inc. 51
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