In this guide, we will present the configuration parameters of the GCC601x(W) Network nodes module.
OVERVIEW
In the context of network management, network nodes refer to individual devices or components, such as switches and access points, that form the interconnected infrastructure being monitored. These nodes provide data points for analysis, helping the monitoring platform to assess the health, performance, and security of the overall network.
After successful login to the GCC601X(W)’s Network Nodes Web Interface, the overview web page will provide an overall view of the GCC601X(W)’s information presented in a Dashboard style for easy monitoring. Please refer to the figure and table below:
Overview
Overview page
AP MANAGEMENT
The user can add the access point, which can be controlled using the embedded controller within the GCC601X(W) device. The user can either pair with or take over an access point to be able to configure it. The configuration performed on the GCC601X(W) AP embedded controller will be pushed to the access points, thus offering centralized management of the GWN access points.
Add a new Access Point
Note
GCC601xW wireless models will have an embedded default AP with the name of the device itself, as opposed to the wired models (GCC601x), which will not have any embedded AP.
The GWN76XX AP firmware version 1.0.25.30 and above supports official online updates and management by the GCC device.
Wi-Fi 7 capable access points are supported. When configuring such devices, additional Wi-Fi 7 specific options appear under the SSID settings.
To add a GWN access point to the GCC601X(W), please navigate to Web UI → AP Management
Access Points List
Pair AP: Use this button when pairing an AP that has not been set as a master. Takeover AP: Use this button to take over an access point that has formerly been set as a slave to a different master device. To pair the devices successfully, the network administrator must enter the password of the master device.
Click on a paired GWN AP to view Details, Client list, and debug tools. Please refer to the figures below:
The Details section contains details about the paired AP, like firmware version, SSID, IP address, Temperature, etc.
Paired APs Details
The Client List section lists all the connected clients through this AP with much info like MAC Address, Device name, IP Address, bandwidth, etc.
Paired APs Client list
After the access point has been added, the user can select it and perform one of the following actions:
The configuration page allows the administrator to upgrade, reboot, add to SSIDs, Configure, Transfer network group, Transfer AP, Discover AP, and Failover.
GCC601xW Configuration Page
Upgrade the AP
Select a slave AP(s) to upgrade and press the button.
Reboot Slave AP
To reboot a slave AP, select it, then click on button. The below confirmation message will be displayed:
Reboot Access Point
Delete Access Points
To delete an access point, select it, then click on the delete button. The following confirmation message will be displayed:
Delete Access Point
Configure Access Points
To configure an access point, select and click on the button. A new config page will pop up:
Configure AP
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Batch Configuration of APs
Batch configuration for Access Points (APs) significantly enhances efficiency and consistency by allowing simultaneous configuration of multiple devices. This approach reduces setup time, ensures uniform settings across all APs, minimizes human error, and improves overall network reliability and security. It streamlines network management, making deployment and maintenance more efficient and scalable.
Batch configuration of APs
Batch configuration of APs
Assign SSIDs to AP
By clicking the icon it will display the configuration page responsible for assigning the created SSIDs to the selected AP
Note
Once the maximum number of SSIDs has been reached, devices cannot be added to any additional SSIDs.
Locate AP
By clicking the icon , you allow the GCC610x(W) to send an LED notification to the connected AP to locate it
Transfer APs to GDMS
GWN routers also enable users to transfer their paired GWN APs to GDMS.
On the AP Management → Access Points page, select the AP or APs, then click on the “Transfer” button as shown below:
On the next page, select either GDMS (Cloud or Local), then click the “Save” button. The user will be forwarded automatically to either GDMS (Cloud or Local) to log in.
Transfer AP to GDMS
Note:
After successful transfer, it will be taken over by Cloud/Manager, and the GCC601x(W) will delete the device information synchronously.
WIFI MANAGEMENT
SSIDs
On this page, the user can configure SSID settings. The Wi-Fi SSID will be broadcast by the paired access points. This offers centralized control over the SSIDs created, which makes managing many GWN access points easier and more convenient.
SSID page
To add an SSID, the user should click on the “Add” button, and then the following page will appear:
Add SSID
Add SSID
Note
Only GCC6010W will have a default SSID of the embedded AP
Private Pre-Shared Key (PPSK)
PPSK (Private Pre-Shared Key) is a way of creating Wi-Fi passwords per group of clients instead of using one single password for all clients. When configuring PPSK, the user can specify the Wi-Fi password, maximum number of access clients, and maximum upload and download bandwidth.
Note
PPSKs can be delivered and managed directly through the GDMS networking cloud account, considering the GCC device is connected and added to the cloud.
To start using PPSK, please follow the steps below:
First, create an SSID with WPA key mode set to either PPSK without RADIUS or PPSK with RADIUS.
Navigate to Web UI → AP Management → PPSK page, then click on the “Add” button, then fill in the fields as shown below:
PPSK page
Add PPSK
Add PPSK
Radio
Under Wi-Fi Management → Radio, the user will be able to set the general wireless settings for all the Wi-Fi SSIDs created by the router. These settings will take effect on the level of the access points that are paired with the router.
Radio
Radio
Mesh
Through the controller embedded in the GCC601X(W) devices, the user can configure a Wi-Fi Mesh using the GWN access points. The configuration is centralized, and the user can view the topology of the Mesh.
Configuration:
To configure GWN access points in a Mesh network successfully, the user must pair the access points first with the GWN router, then configure the same SSID on the access points. Once that’s done, the user should navigate to AP Management → Mesh → Configure, then enable Mesh and configure the related information as shown in the figure below.
Mesh Configuration
For more information about the parameters that need to be configured, please refer to the table below.
Mesh Configuration
Topology:
On this page, the user will be able to see the topology of the GWN access points when they are configured in a Mesh network. The page will display information related to the APs, like the MAC address, RSSI, Channel, IP Address, and Clients. It will also show the cascades in the Mesh.
Mesh Topology
SWITCH MANAGEMENT
Switch management involves overseeing and controlling network switches through the GCC601x. This includes configuring, monitoring, and optimizing switches for efficient resource allocation and network troubleshooting. GCC601X(W) simplifies switch management, allowing organizations to adapt their network infrastructure dynamically without significant physical hardware changes, enhancing agility, and enabling on-demand service delivery.
The following GWN78xx switches can be managed by the GCC device:
GWN7801(P)/7802(P)/7803(P) on firmware 1.0.5.34 or above.
GWN7811(P)/7812P/7813(P)/7830/7831 on firmware 1.0.7.50 or above.
GWN7806(P)/7816(P)/7832 on firmware 1.0.9.15 or above.
GWN7821P/7822P on firmware 1.0.13.18 or above.
GWN7710R/7711(P) on firmware 1.0.7.3 or above.
Switch
The user can take over GWN switches to the GCC601x network nodes. The way this works is by having devices nearby discovered using an ARP scan protocol, by entering the switch’s initial login Password to take over the configuration of those switches.
Taking over a switch
Take over Device
Among the discovered GWN78xx switches, you can choose the device that you want to take over or configure, to do:
Go to Switch Management → Switch.
Click the icon to display the Takeover device settings.
From the list of displayed GWN78xx switches, choose the GWN78xx you want to take over.
Enter its initial Login Password. (The one found on a sticker on the unit itself)
Click save to access the settings parameters of the GWN switch.
Taking over a switch
Reboot the device
To reboot the GWN78xx, select the GWN switch, then click on the icon
Upgrade the device
To upgrade the GWN switch, select the device, then click
Configuration
This section will contain the individual and global Switch configuration as well as the Port Profile settings. Each section will have its configuration parameters.
Individual Switch Configuration
The individual switch configuration refers to the different settings and parameters that can be defined on each switch individually. To configure this, select the desired switch, then click the icon
The following parameters will appear :
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Global Switch Configuration
The Global switch configuration will contain parameters that will be applied to multiple GWN switches added
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Port Profile
The port profile is a configuration that can be used to apply many settings to a switch port at once, for quick batch setting changes.
By default, you can find a non-editable Port Profile named “All VLANs”; this setting is the default setting and is applied on all connected ports on any added switch
To create a new Custom Port profile, click on the icon
Port Profile Configuration
To create a new Port Profile or edit an existing one, please navigate to Web UI → Settings → Profiles page → Port Profile section.
Add port profile General
Add port profile Security
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Add Port Profile
Once the Port profile is added, the user can apply it on a GWN device/device group ports (ex, GWN switches).
Under theDevices page, select the relevant device, and under the Port tab, select the ports, then apply the Port Profile to these ports. Please refer to the figure below:
GWN Switch Port
CLIENTS
The Clients page keeps a list of all the devices and users connected currently or previously to different LAN subnets with details such as the MAC Address, the IP Address, the duration time, the upload and download information, etc.
The clients’ list can be accessed from GCC601x’s Web GUI → Clients to perform different actions for wired and wireless clients.
Click on “Clear offline clients” to remove clients that are not connected from the list.
Click on the “Export” button to export the client list to a local device in an EXCEL format.
Please refer to the figure and table below:
Clients Page
Clients Page
Edit Device
Under the operations column, click on the“Edit” icon to set the name of the device, and assign a VLAN ID and static address to the device. It’s also possible to limit bandwidth for this exact device and even assign a schedule to it from the list. Refer to the figure below:
Edit Device
Delete Device
To delete a device, go to the Operations column and click the button , then click “Delete“. Please note that you can only delete the offline devices; the online devices cannot be deleted.
Device Info
To access the information regarding a specific device, click on .
Device Overview
Device Info
CAPTIVE PORTAL
The Captive Portal feature on GCC6000 series devices allows administrators to display a landing page that users must interact with before gaining access to the Internet. This is typically used for login, terms of service acknowledgment, or redirection.
Captive portal can be applied to both wireless (SSID-based) and wired (VLAN-based) clients:
Wired clients: Enable the captive portal under Networking → Network Settings → LAN → Edit VLAN → Enable Captive Portal.
Captive Portal policies are managed from the GCC6000 Web UI under the Captive Portal section.
Policy
Users can customize a portal policy on this page. Click on the “Add” button to add a new policy or click on “Edit” to edit a previously added one.
Policy page
Policy page
If the user clicks on “Bypass Splash Page“, they can choose to exclude devices either by selecting from available connected devices or by manually entering MAC addresses.
Bypass Splash Page
The policy configuration page allows for adding multiple captive portal policies that can be applied to both SSIDs and VLAN interfaces. Each policy includes options for different authentication types and behavior customizations.
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Policy page
Splash Page
The splash page allows users with an easy-to-configure menu to generate a customized splash page that will be displayed to users when trying to connect to the Wi-Fi.
On this menu, users can create multiple splash pages and assign each one of them to a separate captive portal policy to enforce the selected authentication type.
The generation tool provides an intuitive “WYSIWYG” method to customize a captive portal with a very rich manipulation tool.
To add a splash page, click Add” button or click the “Edit” icon to edit a previously added one.
Splash Page
Users can set the following:
Authentication type: Add one or more ways from the supported authentication methods (Simple Password, Radius Server, For Free, Facebook, Twitter, Google, and Voucher).
Set up a picture (company logo) to be displayed on the splash page.
Customize the layout of the page and background colors.
Customize the Terms of Use text.
Visualize a preview for both mobile devices and laptops.
Addedit a Splash page
Guests
This page displays information about the clients connected via the Captive portal, including the MAC address, Hostname, Authentication Type, etc.
To export the list of all guests, please click on the “Export Guest List” button, and then an EXCEL file will be downloaded.
Guest Page
Vouchers
The Voucher feature will allow clients to have internet access for a limited duration using a code that is randomly generated from the platform controller.
As an example, a coffee shop could offer internet access to customers via Wi-Fi using voucher codes that can be delivered on each command. Once the voucher expires, the client can no longer connect to the internet.
Note that multiple users can use a single voucher for connection, with the expiration duration of the voucher that starts counting after the first successful connection from one of the users who are allowed.
Another interesting feature is that the admin can set data bandwidth limitations on each created voucher depending on the current load on the network, users’ profile (VIP customers get more speed than regular ones, etc.…), and the internet connection available (fiber, DSL or cable, etc.…) to avoid connection congestion and slowness of the service.
Click on the“Add” button to create a voucher group.
Voucher page
Please refer to the figure below when filling in the fields.
AddEdit Voucher
Note:
Clients connected through captive portals, including vouchers, will be listed on the Guests page under Captive Portal → Guests.
Add Voucher Group
PERMISSION MANAGEMENT
Permission Management allows the administrator to create multiple roles with different permissions, it allows creating roles with permissions of reading, or reading and writing privileges which allow monitoring, or monitoring and changing the settings on the Network Nodes module, respectively.
Permission Management
Click on button to add a new permission category. Enter the permission name, then select the functions, you can select to allow read, or read and write permissions.
button.
button. The below confirmation message will be displayed:
button. A new config page will pop up:
it will display the configuration page responsible for assigning the created SSIDs to the selected AP 
, you allow the GCC610x(W) to send an LED notification to the connected AP to locate it 
, then click “Delete“. Please note that you can only delete the offline devices; the online devices cannot be deleted.
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button to add a new permission category. Enter the permission name, then select the functions, you can select to allow read, or read and write permissions.