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FortiLAN Cloud User Guide

Managing FortiAP

Managing FortiAP

This section describes configuring, monitoring, and managing FortiAP devices in your networks using FortiLAN Cloud and includes the following FortiAP requirements.

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Description

Monitor

Displays a dashboard with a view of all managed APs including up time, client details, usage statistics, and rogue APs that may be in your environment.

Deploy APs

Allows the deployment of an AP from the inventory to an AP network. During an AP deployment, you can set the platform profile, AP tags, an AP site, and administration settings.

Access Points

Displays the status of APs. Allows tasks such as configuration and upgrade. You can also capture packets and observe live network traffic on an AP.

Configure

Provides sub-menus to add and configure wireless service set identifiers (SSID) including platform profiles, AP tags, MAC access control and more. You can also enable Bonjour Relay and FortiPresence.

Logs

Provides logs for events in the following categories: wireless, antivirus, botnet, IPS, web access, and application control.

Reports

Provides summary reports with charts on current and past information such as traffic and client count by SSID and AP. Also provides the option to run PCI compliance reports.

Supported access points

FortiLAN Cloud supports all FortiAP, Compact FortiAP (FortiAP-C), Smart FortiAP (FortiAP-S), and Universal FortiAP (FortiAP-U) models.

For a complete list of cloud-managed access points, review the Wireless Product Matrix.

Recommended FortiAP firmware version

Fortinet recommends that you use FortiAP version 6.0 or later with FortiLAN Cloud version 22.4.

Managing FortiAP

This section describes configuring, monitoring, and managing FortiAP devices in your networks using FortiLAN Cloud and includes the following FortiAP requirements.

Menu

Description

Monitor

Displays a dashboard with a view of all managed APs including up time, client details, usage statistics, and rogue APs that may be in your environment.

Deploy APs

Allows the deployment of an AP from the inventory to an AP network. During an AP deployment, you can set the platform profile, AP tags, an AP site, and administration settings.

Access Points

Displays the status of APs. Allows tasks such as configuration and upgrade. You can also capture packets and observe live network traffic on an AP.

Configure

Provides sub-menus to add and configure wireless service set identifiers (SSID) including platform profiles, AP tags, MAC access control and more. You can also enable Bonjour Relay and FortiPresence.

Logs

Provides logs for events in the following categories: wireless, antivirus, botnet, IPS, web access, and application control.

Reports

Provides summary reports with charts on current and past information such as traffic and client count by SSID and AP. Also provides the option to run PCI compliance reports.

Supported access points

FortiLAN Cloud supports all FortiAP, Compact FortiAP (FortiAP-C), Smart FortiAP (FortiAP-S), and Universal FortiAP (FortiAP-U) models.

For a complete list of cloud-managed access points, review the Wireless Product Matrix.

Recommended FortiAP firmware version

Fortinet recommends that you use FortiAP version 6.0 or later with FortiLAN Cloud version 22.4.