Symbol Technologies WS 2000 - Manual (Page 30)

Step 5: Configure WLANs
Access Port Adoption
Use this list to adopt detected Access Ports and to assign them to a particular WLAN. The
switch can adopt up to six Access Ports at a time, but the list of allowed Access-Port
addresses (displayed in this area) can exceed six in number. A dual-radio 802.11a/b Access
Port counts as one Access Port with respect to the maximum allowed; however, each radio
will be listed as a separate Access Port.
This adoption list identifies each Access Port by its Media Access Control (MAC) address.
This address is the Access Port’s hard-coded hardware number that is printed on the bottom
of the device. An example of a MAC address is 00:09:5B:45:9B:07.
1. To adopt an access port, click the Add button to add a new criteria line to the table.
2. Specify the following fields:
Field Description
Start MAC
This field contains the lowest value in a range of MAC addresses that
will use this particular adoption criteria. To specify a single MAC
address instead of a range, enter it in this field and leave the End
MAC field blank.
End MAC This field contains that highest number in a range of MAC addresses
that will use this particular adoption criteria. If this value is empty, the
Access Port adopted by this criteria must match the Start MAC field
exactly.
WLAN
columns The next one to three columns have the same names as the WLANs
that are enabled in the upper portion of the screen. Click on the
checkbox for a specific WLAN to associate the Access Ports that
match the MAC address range with the checked WLANs.
Note: The default setting for the switch has both the Start MAC and End
MAC addresses set to “ANY”, and all enabled WLANs checked. This
setting allows all the WLANs to adopt any Access Port that it detects,
automatically.
3. Click the Apply button to save changes.
Step 5: Configure WLANs
The Network Configuration --> Wireless window (covered in Step 4) is where
WLANs are enabled; however, the Network Configuration --> Wireless --> <WLAN
name> screen is where the administrator configures each WLAN, once it is enabled. The
screen is titled with the name of the WLAN.
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WS 2000 Wireless Switch: 1.0 Date of last Revision: March 2004