IoT Profile Settings

Table 1. Thread Profile Settings (Single IoT Application)
SettingDescription
NameEnter a Name for the profile.
IoT Application(s) SupportedSelect Single from the menu.
FunctionThe default is Thread.
ApplicationThe default is Thread Gateway.
Network NameEnter a Network Name for the Thread network of an AP. Each AP participates in a Thread network identified with the PAN ID and EXT PAN ID configured for the Thread Profile.
Network KeyEnter the Network Key used to encrypt communication between devices in a Thread network.
PAN IDThe PAN ID (Personal Area Network Identifier) identifies the Thread network of the AP. Enter a 16-bit value for use in RF data transmissions between devices in a Thread network.
EXT PAN IDEnter a 64-bit value for use in RF data transmissions between devices in a Thread network. The EXT PAN ID must be unique. It is used for a more specific network identification.
Channel

Choose an IEEE 802.15.4 AP Channel number from the drop-down list (11-26). The default is channel 15.

Note:

Thread channel 25 is only supported if the country supports IEEE 802.11 channels 12, 13, or 14.

Thread channel 26 is only supported if the country supports IEEE 802.11 channels 13 or 14.

Default User ProfileSet the default VLAN user profile. Select an existing user profile to associate with this VLAN or create a new profile.

To create a new user profile, see Add a User Profile.

Note: Currently, only the VLAN of the associated User Profile is configured by the IoT profile.
Enable NAT64Enable NAT64 allows an AP to perform IPv6 to IPv4 translations between the Thread and backbone networks. This option is selected by default.
Add domain to upstream DNS queriesTo append the domain name to the host name before forwarding the DNS query, select Add domain to upstream DNS queries.
Table 2. Thread Profile Settings (Multiple IoT Applications)
SettingDescription
NameEnter a Name for the profile.
IoT Application(s) SupportedSelect Multiple from the menu.
BLE Beacon
ApplicationSelect the corresponding check boxes for the applications that you want to configure: iBeacon, and Eddystone-url.
iBeaconEdit the settings as required and select SAVE.
Eddystone-url BeaconEdit the settings as required and select SAVE.
BLE Scan
ApplicationSelect the corresponding check boxes for the applications that you want to configure: iBeacon, Eddystone-url, and Generic.
DestinationSelect Cloud Reporting, Batch Reporting, or both.

Specify the interval in seconds.

For Batch Reporting, specify the destination URL.

To remove duplicate entries reported for the Batch Reporting interval, keeping only the latest entry for each BLE tag, toggle Remove Duplicates to ON.
Note: ExtremeCloud‌ IQ always removes duplicate entries for Cloud Reporting.
iBeacon FilterEdit the settings as required and select SAVE.
Eddystone-url Beacon FilterEdit the settings as required and select SAVE.
Generic FilterEdit the settings as required and select SAVE.
Note: If you select Custom for the Vendor, type the Company Name and the Company ID.