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WAC720, WAC730, WAC740 802.11r
Why do we have to use a controller or the cloud to enable 802.11r? Even Linksys offers this feature in its consumer product, the RE7000....
Thanks for the review. I may borrow a few of your explanations, unofficially of course.
I'm alluding to capabilities in a competitor product that can be used in the single digit AP scenarios, without using .1x. The PSK process is certainly quick without r. However, customers desire assurance in regards to voice integrity, which this helps provide. With a Linksys Max-Stream router and a few of their RE7000 devices, which are all consumer products, they offer r & k without need for a controller. The router acts as one. They also released the LAPAC2600.
Why not use Linksys? Well, their reliability ratings continue to shift from Cisco to Belkin. I've always known Netgear to be reliable and would like to sell these APs instead.
Can it be enabled through telnet or SSH?
I found a few more devices that offer 802.11r without a controller or a subscription - LAPAC2600, WAP371. I may sell my Netgear APs and switch.
"The best way to enhance value is to charge your customers for something your competition gives away."
-Unknown
Well, I found the CLI settings for the WAC720, which includes fast-bss-transition settings. Do you have any guidence through these 'set' options?
DownB# set fast-bss-transition wlan1ftvap0
ft-mode Enable/Disable the FBT status in a VAP (on/off)
ft-over-ds Enable/Disable the FT over DS (on/off)
mobility-domain Mobility Domain Identifier
r0-key-holder R0 Key Holder ID
r1-key-holder R1 Key Holder ID
reassoc-deadline Re-association Deadline timer
with * Qualify set to instances that match certain property values *
I seem to have everything set, but the CLI will not allow me to change ft-mode to on. If I edit the .xml config file in Xcode and manually turn it on for the virtual wlans I'm using, the firmware seems to turn it off. Is the firmware blocking 802.11r in the CLI as well as the GUI?
I'm posting an update for anyone interested.
I was able to successfully enable the APs to use 802.11r through the CLI. Surprisingly, the APs can use DFS channels now as well, which I don't recall seeing before.
How?
-Set up devices in businesscentral.netgear.com
-Upgrade to beta firmware 3.6.14.0 on all
-Remove from Business Central and turn it off on each device, which will factory reset
-Set up first device completely and created an Ensemble (cluster in CLI). Priority for master set to 255 (pdf manual incorrect, lower number not master).
-Set other two APs as part of the Ensemble with lower priority values. Give them a few minutes to organize themselves.
-CLI for each unit, as they didn't mimic the leader.
get fast-bss-transition
set fast-bss-transition
copy s nvram:s
-Make sure the last item you attempt is to 'set fast-bss transition wlan1ftvap0 ft-mode on' - obviously use whatever vSSID
Quirks:
-Rebooting, channel reassignment, power adjustment, ect. all disable 802.11r. Re-enable with the last CLI command I listed above. Annoying, but we all want uptime.
-Thomas