Configuring Grandstream GWN7000 Wireless Controller and 6 Grandstream GWN7630 Access Points

Subject: Configuring Grandstream GWN7000 Wireless Controller and 6 Grandstream GWN7630 Access Points

Author: Mr. Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming (TARGETED INDIVIDUAL)

Country: Singapore

Date: 16 March 2021 Tuesday

Type of Publication: Plain Text

Document version: 20210316.01

DETAILED STEPS

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1. Check the Fortigate firewall for the DHCP Server Address Range.

2. Connect your management computer via LAN cable to LAN port 1 on the Grandstream GWN7000 wireless controller.

3. Open Google Chrome web browser and browse to 192.168.1.1.

4. You will be prompted to change the Administrator Password and User Password. ***SKIP the Setup Wizard.***

5. From the left hand menu, click Router > WAN. ***DISABLE*** WAN1 and WAN2 ports.

6. Click Router > LAN on the left hand menu.

LAN Name: group0

Routing Policy: NONE

Destination: Uncheck WAN1, Uncheck WAN2

Enable IPv4: Checked

IPv4 Static Address: 192.168.1.2 (The existing network is also 192.168.1.0)

Additional IPv4 Static Addresses: Leave blank

IPv4 Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0

DHCP Enabled for IPv4: Unchecked

DHCPv4 Relay Enabled: Unchecked

Enable IPv6: Unchecked

Click Save.

7. Connect LAN port 1 of Grandstream GWN7000 wireless controller to your switch. Do not connect WAN1 and WAN2 ports on the GWN7000. The GWN7000 will not function in Router mode.

8. Connect all your 6 Grandstream GWN7630 access points to the Cisco Catalyst 1000 series POE switch. The Grandstream GWN7630 access points will automatically obtain IP addresses from the Fortigate firewall.

9. On the GWN7000, click Access Points on the left hand menu.

10. Click Discover AP on the right.

11. Click the blue pairing button to pair all the APs with the GWN7000.

12. All the APs will be Online after pairing.

13. Click the edit button for the first AP you want to configure.

14. Click the Configuration tab.

Fixed IP: Checked

IPv4 Address: 192.168.1.11

IPv4 Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0

IPv4 Gateway: 192.168.1.1

Preferred IPv4 DNS: 8.8.8.8

Alternate IPv4 DNS: 8.8.4.4

Band Steering: 5G in priority

15. Click Save.

16. Repeat steps 13 to 15 for the rest of the APs.

17. On the Access Points menu, all the 6 APs will be Online.

18. On the left hand menu, click SSIDs.

19. Edit the default GWN SSID by clicking the edit button.

20. Click the Wi-Fi tab.

Enable SSID: Checked

SSID: Teo En Ming Corporation

SSID Band: Dual-Band

SSID Hidden: Unchecked

VLAN: Unchecked

Wireless Client Limit: Leave Blank

Enable Captive Portal: Unchecked

Enable Schedule: Unchecked

Security Mode: WPA2

WPA Key Mode: PSK

WPA Encryption Type: AES

WPA Pre-Shared Key: your Wi-Fi password

Client Bridge Support: Unchecked

Client Time Policy: None

Use MAC Filtering: Disabled

Client Isolation: Unchecked

Enable Minimum RSSI: Unchecked

Beacon Interval: 100

DTIM Period: 1

Multicast to Unicast: Unchecked

Enable Voice Enterprise: Unchecked

Enable 802.11r: Unchecked

Enable 802.11k: Unchecked

Enable 802.11v: Unchecked

ARP Proxy: Unchecked

21. Click the Device Membership tab. Move all Available Devices to Member Devices by clicking the right arrow.

22. Click Save.

23. Click Clients > Clients on the left hand menu to monitor the list of wireless clients connected.

24. There is also a lot of useful information on the Overview left hand menu.

Mr. Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming, 43 years old as of 16 Mar 2021, is a TARGETED INDIVIDUAL (TI) living in Singapore. He is an IT Consultant with a System Integrator (SI)/computer firm in Singapore. He is an IT enthusiast.

REFERENCES

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[1] http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/pipermail/lfs-chat/2021-March/029197.html