Skip to main content
Versa Networks

Use the Configure Dashboard

  1. Last updated
  2. Save as PDF

Versa-logo-release-icon.pngFor supported software information, click here.

This article describes how you create a configuration for the site devices and the network configuration settings for WiFi from the Configure dashboard. Device configurations include settings for networking, security, and traffic steering.

Configure Network Settings

To configure network settings from the Configure dashboard:

  1. Click Configure in the left menu bar to open the Configure dashboard.
  2. Hover over the site in the honeycomb to open the options card for the device.
  3. Click Configure in the Actions column of the device-options card.

    configure-menu-home.jpg
  4. In the Network screen, click one of the following configuration areas to change the configuration settings:

Configure WiFi Networks

Versa Networks appliances that support WiFi include WiFi toggle buttons, and each toggle button connects to a WiFi port. One toggle connects to the corporate WiFi using port Wi-Fi-1 and ports Wi-Fi-3 through Wi-Fi-8, which access the corporate VPN (SD-WAN). The port Wi-Fi-2 toggle connects to the guest WiFi, which accesses the internet. This section discusses how to configure WiFi settings, such as SSID and bandwidth. To configure IP addresses for the devices connecting to these ports, see Configure WiFi Ports.

Configure Corporate WiFi

To configure corporate WiFi settings:

  1. Click Configure in the left menu bar to open the Configure dashboard.
  2. Hover over the device in the honeycomb and click Configure to open the site information window.
  3. Click Next to open the Configuration > Network screen.
  4. Click the WiFi box to open the Network > Wireless Networks screen. The Network > Wireless Networks screen displays WiFi toggle buttons for Corporate WiFi, which, in the screenshot here, uses the SSIDs Corporate and asasetenant_ssid_40, and Guest WiFi, which, in the screenshot here, uses the SSID Guest.

    network-wireless-networks.png
     
  5. Click the current SSID for Corporate WiFi to open the Network > Wireless Networks > Edit Network screen.

    network-wifi-edit-network.png
  6. To add a new corporate WiFi, click the WiFi name field, and then select the + WiFi icon. For a corporate WiFi, you can use WiFi ports 3 through 8.

    network-wifi-edit-network-add-wifi.png
  7. Click the SSID and Passphrase fields to clear the current credentials, and then enter new credentials. The WiFi SSID can be up to 32 characters, and passwords must be from 8 through 25 characters.
  8. Click Broadcast SSID to display the name of network in the available WiFi connections list. To disable the broadcast SSID, you must lock the device, or you can enable the broadcast SSID after you deploy or activate the device.
  9. Click the Security Mode field, and then select the security mode to use to transmit data from the access point.
    1. If you select the security mode with an enterprise option, the fields to configure RADIUS authentication displays.

      wireless-network-radius.png
    2. Select a RADIUS authentication profile.
    3. To add a new WiFi RADIUS profile, click the add-radius-profile-icon.png icon, and then enter information for the following fields. You can add, view, or manage WiFi RADIUS profile from the Org Settings menu. For more information, see Configure WiFi RADIUS Profiles.

      add-radius-profile.png 
       
      Field Description
      Name (Required) Enter a name for the RADIUS authentication profile.
      Description Enter a text description for the RADIUS profile.
      IP Address (Required) Enter the IP address of the RADIUS server.
      Port (Required)

      Enter the number of the listening port on the RADIUS server. This is the port number to communicate with the RADIUS directory service.
      Range: 0 through 65535

      Default: None
      Shared Secret (Required) Enter a password that the Titan device uses to access the RADIUS server.

      Source LAN (Required)

      		 Select the source LAN for the WiFi RADIUS profile.
    4. Click Save.
  10. Select an encryption protocol. To change the encryption protocol selection after you deploy or activate the device, you must first lock the device before you change it.
    • Auto
    • CCMP—Counter Mode with Cipher Block Chaining Message Authentication Code Protocol. This is the default.
    • TKIP—Temporal Key Integrity Protocol
  11. Choose a radio frequency:
    • 2.4 GHz
    • 5 GHz
    • Dual Band
  12. For the dual-band radio frequency, the Channel selection is set to Auto, and you cannot change it . For the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz radio frequencies, set the channel selection to Auto or a channel number.
  13. Click Add. This saves the change locally but does not save to the Titan cloud.
  14. Click Save to save the changes to the Titan cloud.

To assign IP addresses to the corporate WiFi ports, see Configure WiFi Ports.

Configure Guest WiFi

To configure Guest WiFi settings:

  1. Click Configure in the left menu bar to open the Configure dashboard.
  2. Hover over the device in the honeycomb and click Configure to open the site information window.
  3. Click Next to open the Configuration > Network screen.
  4. Click the WiFi box to open the Network > Wireless Networks screen.
  5. Click Guest in the Network > Wireless Networks screen to open the Edit Network screen.

    network-guest-wifi-edit-network.png
     
  6. Click in the SSID and Passphrase fields to clear the current credentials, and then enter new credentials.
  7. Click Broadcast SSID to display the name of network in the available WiFi connections list. To disable the broadcast SSID, you must lock the device, or you can enable the broadcast SSID after you deploy or activate the device.
  8. Click the Security Mode drop-list and select the security mode to use to transmit data from the access point.
  9. Select an encryption protocol. To change the encryption protocol selection after you deploy or activate the device, you must lock the device and change it.
    • Auto
    • CCMP—Counter Mode with Cipher Block Chaining Message Authentication Code Protocol. This is the default.
    • TKIP—Temporal Key Integrity Protocol
  10. Bandwidth Control is automatically set to Auto. Access Control specifies that guests accessing this WiFi are restricted to use the Internet only; guests do not have access to the company VPN.
  11. Click the LTE toggle to enable or disable the use of LTE access by WiFi guests. The radio channel is automatically set to Dual Band with a Channel Selection of Auto.
  12. Choose the 2.4 GHz, 5 GHz, or Dual Band radio frequency. The Channel selection for Dual Band is set to Auto and cannot be changed. For 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz, you can set the channel selection to Auto or a Channel number.
  13. Click Add to save the change locally.
  14. Click Save to save the changes to the Titan cloud.

To configure IP addresses for the guest WiFi port, Wi-Fi-2, see Configure WiFi Ports.

Supported Software Information

Releases 10.3.4 and later support all content described in this article.

  1. Back to top
  • Was this article helpful?

Recommended articles

  1. Page type
    Topic
    Product
    Titan
  2. Tags
    This page has no tags.