Configure Track Client Location Using an AeroScout Location Server

Before you begin

Configure a Location Server.
Note

Note

When tracking AeroScout RFID tags, you must use the AeroScout Tag Manager to configure the tags to broadcast beacons using the IBSS data frame format. Navigate to the Transmission tab in the Configuration window. Choose IBSS from the Data Frame Format drop-down list, make sure that the MAC address in the IBSS/WDS field is 01-0C-CC-00-00-00, which it is by default with IBSS chosen, and then select Save.

About this task

To integrate devices with AeroScout real-time locating services (RTLS), define the IP address or domain name of the AeroScout Engine, designate the types of wireless devices locations to track, set a threshold for the maximum number of packets per second, and enable the feature.

Procedure

  1. Select AeroScout Location Server.
  2. For IP Address or Domain Name, from the drop-down list, choose the IP address or host name of the AeroScout location processing engine that will receive tracking reports.
    Extreme Networks devices receive messages from the server on UDP port 1144. To add a new IP Address or Host Name, see Add IP Objects and Host Names.
  3. Select Enable location detection for tags to enable Extreme Networks devices to track Wi-Fi enabled tags and then forward them together with their RSSI values to the AeroScout location processing engine.
    Set a rate limit threshold to protect devices from CPU overload and attack by floods of malformed tag frames.
  4. Select Enable location detection for stations to enable tracking currently active wireless stations.
    Set a rate limit threshold to determine the maximum number of station-transmitted packets to process each second. This threshold limits the amount of device CPU resources allocated to station tracking and protects the device from packet flood attacks.
  5. Select Enable location detection for rogue APs to enable Extreme Networks devices to track the location of rogue APs, and report captured packets and rogue AP RSSI values to the AeroScout location processing engine.
    Set a rate limit threshold to protect Extreme Networks devices from CPU overload and packet flood attacks.

What to do next

Continue configuring a network policy.