APX Settings

The APX Settings page provides guidance on managing the firmware and wireless system settings for APX series access points, including scheduling firmware updates, log forwarding, rogue access point detection, LLDP discovery, and roaming assist.

Go to My Products > Wireless > APX Settings and manage firmware and other settings.

Basic settings

• Firmware Update: You can update the firmware version immediately or schedule it daily, weekly, or monthly. To schedule an update, ensure that you convert your local time to the UTC standard. This only applies to APX series access points. To update AP6 series access points, see AP6 series firmware upgrade.

• Update Version <version> is displayed if a new version is available. All access points under your account will be updated to the selected version if you update. You can view the information about the installed firmware version, release, and installation date. The event and audit logs are also generated during a firmware update.

  Note

  During an update, access points and the configured SSIDs are temporarily unavailable. To avoid interruption, we recommend scheduling firmware updates during off-peak hours.

Log settings

Forward access points logs lets you forward the access point logs to Sophos Support. We recommend that you turn on this option for debugging purposes.

Analysis

The access point can categorize user traffic and show the results on the dashboard under Usage insight. The access point uses SophosLabs to categorize traffic. This option is turned off by default.

Rogue Access point detection

Detect and report rogue access points lets the access point scan for the neighborhood networks in all the channels defined by the regulatory domain. You can scan neighboring SSIDs on Sites. See Neighborhood networks.

AdvancedRF management

Roaming assist helps sticky clients connect to other access points within a site that have a stronger signal. A sticky client is a wireless device that remains connected to an access point even if it's far away and the signal is poor.

Discovery protocol

Link layer discovery protocol (LLDP)

Access points advertise their identity by using link layer discovery protocol (LLDP) Ethernet frames.

Network switches that support IEEE 802.1ab LLDP can discover access points.

This feature helps you manage the access point if there's a Layer 2 connectivity issue with the switch.

The access point shows the MAC address, model, serial number, management port, and management IP address in the LLDP packet. Access points send LLDP packets only on the wired interface as a security measure.