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A third-party AP WM-AD allows for the specification of a segregated subnet by which non-Altitude
Wireless APs are used to provide RF services to users while still utilizing the Summit WM Controller
for user authentication and user policy enforcement.
NOTE
Third-party AP devices are not fully integrated with the system and therefore must be managed individually to
provide the correct user access characteristics. Also, third-party AP devices must be defined in bridge mode so that
user traffic is directly transposed to the third-party AP subnet and picked up by the Summit WM Controller for
forwarding and policy enforcement.
To enable third-party APs on a WM-AD:
1 From the main menu, click WM-AD Configuration. The WM-AD Configuration screen is
displayed.
2 In the left pane WM Access Domains list, click the WM-AD you want to enable third-party APs for.
The Topology tab is displayed.
3 Select the Use 3rd Party AP checkbox.
The definition of third-party AP identification parameters allows the system to be able to
differentiate the third-party AP device (and corresponding traffic) from user devices on that
segment. Devices identified as third-party APs are considered pre-authenticated, and are not
required to complete the corresponding authentication verification stages defined for users in that
segment (typically Captive Portal enforcement).
In addition, third-party APs have a specific set of filters (third-party) applied to them by default,
which allows the administrator to provide different traffic access restrictions to the third-party AP
devices for the users that use those resources. The third-party filters could be used to allow access to
third-party APs management operations (for example, HTTP, SNMP).
4 To save your changes, click Save.
Defining a Next Hop Route and OSPF Advertisement for a WM-AD
The next hop definition allows the administrator to define a specific host as the target for all non-WM-
AD targeted traffic for users in a WM-AD. The next hop IP identifies the target device to which all WM-
AD (user traffic) will be forwarded to. Next-hop definition supersedes any other possible definition in
the routing table.
If the traffic destination from a wireless device on a WM-AD is outside of the WM-AD, it is forwarded
to the next hop IP address, where this router applies policy and forwards the traffic. This feature
applies to unicast traffic only. In addition, you can also modify the Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
route cost.
OSPF is an interior gateway routing protocol developed for IP networks based on the shortest path first
or link-state algorithm. Using OSPF, a host that obtains a change to a routing table or detects a change
in the network immediately distributes the information to all other hosts in the network so that all will
have the same routing table information. The host using OSPF sends only the part that has changed,
and only when a change has taken place.
Summit WM20 User Guide, Software Release 4.2
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