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In this section, we will show you the basic steps to configure an AWC-CB (AWC-Channel Blanket) wireless network, through a quick tour.

Here we assume the following configuration:

There are two floors (1F and 2F).
On both floors, we will operate wireless networks for employee PCs and mobile devices.
On the first floor, we will also operate a separate wireless network for guests.

Table 1: Devices in the target network
	Device Name	Node Name	IP Address	MAC Address	Role
	AMF Master	AT-VAA			AMF Cloud
	PC				Vista Manager EX
	AlliedWare Plus Layer 3 Switch		192.168.1.1		DHCP/NTP Server
1F	PoE+ AlliedWare Plus Switch	x230-1F			Supplying power with PoE+
	TQ5403	TQ5403-1F-1	192.168.1.100	00:00:5E:00:53:00	AMF Guest Node
		TQ5403-1F-2	192.168.1.101	00:00:5E:00:53:20
		TQ5403-1F-3	192.168.1.102	00:00:5E:00:53:40
2F	PoE+ AlliedWare Plus Switch	x230-2F			Supplying power with PoE+
	TQ5403	TQ5403-2F-1	192.168.1.103	00:00:5E:00:53:60	AMF Guest Node
		TQ5403-2F-2	192.168.1.104	00:00:5E:00:53:80
		TQ5403-2F-3	192.168.1.105	00:00:5E:00:53:A0

We assume that the following configuration items have been completed on the AMF network devices:

The AMF network has been added to the management database of Vista Manager EX.
The PoE+ switch has been properly configured to accommodate APs as guest nodes.
The L3 switch has been configured with three VLANs, vlan1 (192.168.1.0/24) as the default VLAN and vlan100 (192.168.100.0/24) and vlan200 (192.168.200.0/24) for wireless clients. A DHCP pool for each VLAN has also been set up.
The L3 switch has been also configured with two additional VLANs, vlan101 and vlan201, for channel blanket management.
The PoE+ switch ports for the wireless APs (and other required ports) have been configured with vlan1 as the native VLAN and vlan100, vlan101, vlan200 and vlan201 as the tagged VLANs for normal traffic.

Moreover, to facilitate AP management and achieve quick recovery from device failures, the following configuration items have also been added so that Zero Touch Configuration and Auto Recovery are available:

APs will get their IP addresses from the DHCP server running on the L3 switch.
AMF Nodes have been set up to accommodate wireless APs as guest nodes.
PoE+ switches have been configured to collect the guest node information automatically ("discovery dynamic").
PoE+ switches have been configured to perform DHCP Snooping on the AP management VLAN (vlan1).

We also assume that we have prepared a suitable image for each floor's map.

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24 Mar 2021 10:12