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Feature Description
Mesh Support for 802.11ac Mesh support has been added for all 802.11ac-capable access points. A
number of new parameters have been added to the mesh high-
throughput ssid profile to support this functionality.
Multi-Media Sync-Up The multi-media sync-up feature provides a tighter integration between
Client Match and multiple media-aware ALGs to provide better call
quality for programs like Lync and Facetime. Clients are no longer
steered to different APs in the middle of an active media session, even
with Client Match's ability to understand various media protocols.
Offloading a Whitelist to
ClearPass Policy Manager
Offloading a controller whitelist to W-ClearPass Policy Manager (CPPM)
allows to externally maintain APwhitelist in a CPPMserver. The
controller, if configured to use an external server, can send a RADIUS
access request to a CPPM server. The MAC address of the AP is used as
a username and password to construct the access request packet. The
CPPM server validates the RADIUS message and returns the relevant
parameters for the authorized APs.
Policy-Based Routing Firewall policies support rules based on routing actions that can forward
packets through an IPsec tunnel defined by the specified IPsec map, a
device on a nexthop list, GRE tunnel, or tunnel group.
PortFast The PortFast feature is introduced to avoid network connectivity issues.
These issues are caused by delays in STP enabled ports moving from
blocking-state to forwarding-state after transitioning from the listening
and learning states.
Enabling RadSecon RADIUS
Servers
Radius over TLS or RadSecis introduced as an enhancement of the
conventional RADIUS protocol.
Removing VBR Dependency
on Probe Requests
Client Match has shifted its dependency on probe requests to the AM
data feed for virtual beacon report (VBR) data. Instead of relying solely on
client background scans during probe requests, which can cause
limitations due to low scanning frequency, Client Match uses AM data
feeds to gain more continuous, comprehensive client RSSI feeds.
Uplink Routing using Nexthop
Lists
A nexthop list provides redundancy for next-hop devices by forwarding
the traffic to another next-hop device in the list if the higher-priority next-
hop device fails. If the active next-hop device on the list becomes
unreachable, traffic matching a policy-based routing ACL is forwarded
using the highest-priority active next-hop device on the list. If preemptive
failover is enabled and a higher priority next-hop device becomes
reachable again, packets are again forwarded to the higher priority next-
hop device.
Username and Password
Protection for the AP Console
The AP console username and password feature helps protect systems
by requiring users to login to the AP network with a username and
password.
Under the default configuration, consoles do not have passwords. To
protect the network, a username and password can be set while the AP is
in enabled mode. The timeout feature is also supported as an added level
of security (default of 30 minutes).