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Table of Contents
What's new in this release
Introduction
Getting started with FortiAP management
Configuring the FortiGate interface to manage FortiAP units
Discovering, authorizing, and deauthorizing FortiAP units
FortiAP diagnostics and tools
Setting up a mesh connection between FortiAP units
Data channel security: clear-text, DTLS, and IPsec VPN
Wireless network configuration
Wireless network configuration tasks
Setting your geographic location
Configuring the network interface for the AP unit
Creating a FortiAP profile
Defining a wireless network interface (SSID)
Changing SSID to VDOM only
Airtime fairness
Configuring security
Captive Portal Security
Configuring wildcard address in captive portal walled garden
Captive portal authentication when bridged via software switch
Captive portal authentication using SAML credentials
WPA2 Security
Configuring WPA2-Personal security
Configuring WPA2-Enterprise SSID
WPA3 Security
Adding a MAC filter
Limiting the number of clients
Enabling multicast enhancement
Replacing WiFi certificate
Configuring WiFi with WSSO using Windows NPS and user groups
Defining SSID groups
Configuring dynamic user VLAN assignment
VLAN assignment by RADIUS
VLAN assignment by Name Tag
VLAN assignment by FortiAP group
VLANĀ assignment by VLANĀ pool
Configuring wireless NAC support
Configuring user authentication
Custom RADIUS NAS-ID
Configuring firewall policies for the SSID
Configuring the built-in access point on a FortiWiFi unit
Enforcing UTM policies on a local bridge SSID
Configuring a Syslog profile
Understanding Distributed Radio Resource Provisioning
Configuring Distributed Radio Resource Provisioning
Translating WiFi QoS WMM marking to DSCP values
Configuring Layer 3 roaming
Configuring L3 Roaming for Tunnel Mode SSIDs
Configuring L3 Roaming for Bridge Mode SSIDs
Advanced Wireless Features
Configuring UNII-4 5GHz radio bands
Access point configuration
Network topology of managed APs
Discovery and authorization of APs
Register a FortiAP to FortiCloud
FortiAP CLI access
FortiAP Configuration mode
FortiAP unit firmware upgrade
Advanced WiFi controller discovery
Wireless client load balancing for high-density deployments
FortiAP groups
LAN port options
LAN port aggregation and redundancy
LAN port uplink redundancy without LACP
CAPWAP
IP fragmentation of packets in CAPWAP tunnels
CAPWAP bandwidth formula
CAPWAP Offloading
LED options
Wireless mesh configuration
Configuring a meshed WiFi network
Configuring a point-to-point bridge
Hotspot 2.0 configuration
WiFi network with wired LAN configuration
How to configure a FortiAP local bridge (private cloud-managed AP)
How to increase the number of supported FortiAPs
How to implement multi-processing for large-scale FortiAP management
Remote WLAN FortiAPs
Features for high-density deployments
Wireless network protection
Wireless Intrusion Detection System
WiFi data channel encryption
Protected Management Frames and Opportunistic Key Caching support
Bluetooth Low Energy scan
Preventing local bridge traffic from reaching the LAN
FortiAP-S and FortiAP-U bridge mode security profiles
DHCP snooping and option-82 data insertion
DHCP address enforcement
Disabling console port access
Configuring 802.1X supplicant on LAN
Suppressing phishing SSID
Wireless network monitoring
Monitoring wireless health and clients
Monitoring rogue APs
Suppressing rogue APs
Monitoring wireless clients
Monitoring wireless clients over IPv6 traffic
Tunnel mode SSID IPv6 traffic
Local bridge mode SSID IPv6 traffic
CLI commands for IPv6 rules
Monitoring application usage for clients connected to bridge mode SSIDs
Monitoring FortiAP with SNMP
Monitoring FortiAP temperatures
Enabling spectrum analysis
Disable dedicated scanning on FortiAP F-Series profiles
Wireless network examples
Basic wireless network example
Wireless network example with FortiSwitch
Complex wireless network example
FortiGate WiFi controller 1+1 fast failover example
CAPWAP hitless failover using FGCP
FortiWiFi unit as a wireless client
FortiWiFi unit in client mode
Configuring a FortiWiFi unit as a wireless client
WiFi maps
Support for location-based services
Configuring location tracking
Viewing device location data on a FortiGate unit
Configuring FortiPresence
Support for Electronic Shelf Label systems
Troubleshooting
FortiAP shell command
Signal strength issues
Throughput issues
Client connection issues
FortiAP connection issues
Testing wireless network health with SAM
Determining the coverage area of a FortiAP
Best practices for OSI common sources of wireless issues
Extended logging
Packet sniffer
Debug commands
Disabling 802.11d for client backward compatibility
FortiAP CLI configuration and diagnostics commands
FortiAPĀ API
Change log
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FortiWiFi and FortiAP Configuration Guide
FortiWiFi and FortiAP Configuration Guide
What's new in this release
Introduction
Getting started with FortiAP management
Configuring the FortiGate interface to manage FortiAP units
Discovering, authorizing, and deauthorizing FortiAP units
FortiAP diagnostics and tools
Setting up a mesh connection between FortiAP units
Data channel security: clear-text, DTLS, and IPsec VPN
Wireless network configuration
Wireless network configuration tasks
Setting your geographic location
Configuring the network interface for the AP unit
Creating a FortiAP profile
Defining a wireless network interface (SSID)
Changing SSID to VDOM only
Airtime fairness
Configuring security
Captive Portal Security
Configuring wildcard address in captive portal walled garden
Captive portal authentication when bridged via software switch
Captive portal authentication using SAML credentials
WPA2 Security
Configuring WPA2-Personal security
Configuring WPA2-Enterprise SSID
WPA3 Security
Adding a MAC filter
Limiting the number of clients
Enabling multicast enhancement
Replacing WiFi certificate
Configuring WiFi with WSSO using Windows NPS and user groups
Defining SSID groups
Configuring dynamic user VLAN assignment
VLAN assignment by RADIUS
VLAN assignment by Name Tag
VLAN assignment by FortiAP group
VLANĀ assignment by VLANĀ pool
Configuring wireless NAC support
Configuring user authentication
Custom RADIUS NAS-ID
Configuring firewall policies for the SSID
Configuring the built-in access point on a FortiWiFi unit
Enforcing UTM policies on a local bridge SSID
Configuring a Syslog profile
Understanding Distributed Radio Resource Provisioning
Configuring Distributed Radio Resource Provisioning
Translating WiFi QoS WMM marking to DSCP values
Configuring Layer 3 roaming
Configuring L3 Roaming for Tunnel Mode SSIDs
Configuring L3 Roaming for Bridge Mode SSIDs
Advanced Wireless Features
Configuring UNII-4 5GHz radio bands
Access point configuration
Network topology of managed APs
Discovery and authorization of APs
Register a FortiAP to FortiCloud
FortiAP CLI access
FortiAP Configuration mode
FortiAP unit firmware upgrade
Advanced WiFi controller discovery
Wireless client load balancing for high-density deployments
FortiAP groups
LAN port options
LAN port aggregation and redundancy
LAN port uplink redundancy without LACP
CAPWAP
IP fragmentation of packets in CAPWAP tunnels
CAPWAP bandwidth formula
CAPWAP Offloading
LED options
Wireless mesh configuration
Configuring a meshed WiFi network
Configuring a point-to-point bridge
Hotspot 2.0 configuration
WiFi network with wired LAN configuration
How to configure a FortiAP local bridge (private cloud-managed AP)
How to increase the number of supported FortiAPs
How to implement multi-processing for large-scale FortiAP management
Remote WLAN FortiAPs
Features for high-density deployments
Wireless network protection
Wireless Intrusion Detection System
WiFi data channel encryption
Protected Management Frames and Opportunistic Key Caching support
Bluetooth Low Energy scan
Preventing local bridge traffic from reaching the LAN
FortiAP-S and FortiAP-U bridge mode security profiles
DHCP snooping and option-82 data insertion
DHCP address enforcement
Disabling console port access
Configuring 802.1X supplicant on LAN
Suppressing phishing SSID
Wireless network monitoring
Monitoring wireless health and clients
Monitoring rogue APs
Suppressing rogue APs
Monitoring wireless clients
Monitoring wireless clients over IPv6 traffic
Tunnel mode SSID IPv6 traffic
Local bridge mode SSID IPv6 traffic
CLI commands for IPv6 rules
Monitoring application usage for clients connected to bridge mode SSIDs
Monitoring FortiAP with SNMP
Monitoring FortiAP temperatures
Enabling spectrum analysis
Disable dedicated scanning on FortiAP F-Series profiles
Wireless network examples
Basic wireless network example
Wireless network example with FortiSwitch
Complex wireless network example
FortiGate WiFi controller 1+1 fast failover example
CAPWAP hitless failover using FGCP
FortiWiFi unit as a wireless client
FortiWiFi unit in client mode
Configuring a FortiWiFi unit as a wireless client
WiFi maps
Support for location-based services
Configuring location tracking
Viewing device location data on a FortiGate unit
Configuring FortiPresence
Support for Electronic Shelf Label systems
Troubleshooting
FortiAP shell command
Signal strength issues
Throughput issues
Client connection issues
FortiAP connection issues
Testing wireless network health with SAM
Determining the coverage area of a FortiAP
Best practices for OSI common sources of wireless issues
Extended logging
Packet sniffer
Debug commands
Disabling 802.11d for client backward compatibility
FortiAP CLI configuration and diagnostics commands
FortiAPĀ API
Change log
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