Nortel WLAN 2300 Series Installation And Configuration Manual

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WSS overview 23Nortel WLAN—Security Switch 2300 Series Installation and Basic Configuration GuideSoftware featuresWLAN 2300 System Software (WSS Software) provides a combination of standard wired LAN features andwireless LAN features that enable you to integrate the switch into your wired network and provide networkaccess for wired or wireless users.Management features• Serial and network command-line interface (CLI) access—You can access the CLI through a direct serialconnection or through the network using Secure Shell (SSH) or Telnet.• WLAN Management Software management application—WLAN Management Software is an extensiveGUI application for planning, configuring, deploying, and managing a Nortel network and its users.WLAN Management Software uses Secure Sockets Layer protocol (SSL) to interact with WSS Software.• Software and configuration management—You can store multiple software images and configuration filesin the WSS’s nonvolatile storage.• Web View manager—Web View is a Web-based application for configuring and managing a single WSSthrough a Web browser. Web View creates a secure connection by using Hypertext Transfer Protocol overSecure Sockets Layer (HTTPS).Layer 2 switching features• Spanning Tree Protocol (STP)—WSS Software supports Per-VLAN Spanning Tree (PVST+). PVST+allows a separate spanning tree in each virtual LAN (VLAN). Optional fast convergence features allowyou to quickly resume traffic forwarding after a topology change.• Load-sharing port groups—You can configure multiple physical ports into a single logical link for trafficload sharing and physical link redundancy.• Virtual LANs (VLANs)—WSS Software supports logical segmentation of a switch’s ports into separateLayer 2 broadcast domains. A port can be a member of one or more VLANs. Each VLAN can have itsown IP interface. WSS Software supports the 802.1Q tag format.• Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) snooping for multicast containment—The WSS can learnabout the multicast sources and receivers in the network and restrict forwarding for a multicast group tothe users for that group. IGMPv1 and IGMPv2 are supported.IP services• IP interfaces—You can configure an IP interface for each VLAN.• IP ping and traceroute—You can test IP connectivity between the WSS and other devices.• Domain Name Service (DNS)—You can configure the switch to use DNS servers for name resolution.You also can configure a default domain name to append to hostnames.• Network Time Protocol (NTP)—A WSS can sets its time and date by polling an NTP server.• System log—A WSS generates log messages to log system events. The log messages are stored locallyand also can be exported to syslog servers.