ciscoLwappIpv6MIB
MODULE-IDENTITY
1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.847
Description
This MIB is intended to be implemented on all those devices operating as Central Controllers (CC) that terminate the Light Weight Access Point Protocol tunnel from Light-weight LWAPP Access Points. This MIB provides configuration and status information about the ACLs on the controller. Particularly this mib covers the CPU ACLs for the wireless controllers. Traffic to the controller CPU comes from the NPU (Network Processing Unit). Using CPU ACLs, the user can place restrictions on type of traffic reaching the CPU of the controller from the NPU. CPU ACLs introduce an ACL for the traffic to the CPU of controller. With this ACL the type of packets reaching the CPU can be controlled. The mode of operation is as follows. The administrator designates one ACL for the traffic to the CPU. The ACL kicks in for packets from the NPU to the CPU. Each ACL is an ordered set of rules. If a rule matches then action for that rule is applied to the packet. The decision to send or drop the packet is taken based on the action parameter of the ACL. There will be no ACL for the packets from the CPU to the NPU. GLOSSARY Access Control List ( ACL ) A list of rules used to restrict the traffic reaching an interface or the CPU. Each ACL is an ordered set of rules and actions. If a rule matches then the action for that rule is applied to the packet. Access Point ( AP ) An entity that contains an 802.11 medium access control ( MAC ) and physical layer ( PHY ) interface and provides acess to the distribution services via the wireless medium for associated clients. CPU ACL ( CPU ACL ) The ACL applied to the CPU. This controls the type of traffic reaching the CPU of the controller. Network Processing Unit ( NPU ) This entity is responsible for forwarding traffic to the CPU. The only exceptions are data coming thorugh the console port and the Service port i.e. these communicate directly with the CPU and not via the NPU. Light Weight Access Point Protocol ( LWAPP ) This is a generic protocol that defines the communciation between the Access Points and the Central Controller. Cryptographically Generated Addresses (CGA) Cryptographically Generated Addresses (CGAs) are IPv6 addresses, which allow for a secure association of an IPv6 address, the CGA, with a public key. Internet Protocol Version 6(IPV6) An IPv6 address is a numerical label that is used to identify a network interface of a computer or other network node participating in an IPv6 computer network. An IP address serves the purpose of uniquely identifying an individual network interface of a host, locating it on the network, and thus permitting the routing of IP packets between hosts. For routing, IP addresses are present in fields of the packet header where they indicate source and destination of the packet. IPv6 is the successor to the first addressing infrastructure of the Internet, Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4). In contrast to IPv4, which defined an IP address as a 32-bit value, IPv6 addresses have a size of 128 bits. Therefore, IPv6 has a vastly enlarged address space compared to IPv4. Neighbor Discovery Protocol (NDP) The NDP is a protocol in the Internet protocol suite used with IPv6. It operates in the Link Layer of the Internet model, and is responsible for address autoconfiguration of nodes, discovery of other nodes on the link, determining the addresses of other nodes, duplicate address detection, finding available routers and Domain Name System (DNS) servers, address prefix discovery, and maintaining reachability information of other active neighbor nodes. NDP defines five ICMPv6 packet types for the purpose of router solicitation, router advertisement, neighbor solicitation, neighbor advertisement, and network redirects. Router Solicitation(RS) Hosts inquire with Router Solicitation messages to locate routers on an attached link. Routers which forward packets not addressed to them generate Router Advertisements immediately upon receipt of this message rather than at their next scheduled time. Router Advertisement(RA) Routers advertise their presence together with various link and Internet parameters either periodically, or in response to a Router Solicitation message. Neighbor Solicitation (NS) Neighbor solicitations are used by nodes to determine the link layer address of a neighbor, or to verify that a neighbor is still reachable via a cached link layer address. Neighbor Advertisement(NA) Neighbor advertisements are used by nodes to respond to a Neighbor Solicitation message. Redirect Routers may inform hosts of a better first hop router for a destination. REFERENCE [1] Part 11 Wireless LAN Medium Access Control ( MAC ) and Physical Layer ( PHY ) Specifications.
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