Symbol Technologies AP-5131 User Manual

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Network Management

5-27

Name

Define or revise the name for the WLAN. The name should be
logical representation of WLAN coverage area (engineering,
marketing etc.). The maximum number of characters that can be
used for the name is 31.

Available On

Use the

Available On

checkboxes to define whether the WLAN

you are creating or editing is available to clients on either the
802.11a or 802.11b/g radio (or both radios). The Available On
checkbox should only be selected for a mesh WLAN if this target
AP-5131 is to be configured as a base bridge or repeater (base and
client bridge) on the radio. If the radio for the WLAN is to be
defined as a client bridge only, the Available On checkbox should
not be selected

.

For more information on defining a WLAN for

mesh support, see

Configuring a WLAN for Mesh Networking Support on page 9-7

.

Max MUs

Use the

Max MUs

field to define the number of MUs permitted to

interoperate within the new or revised WLAN. The maximum (and
default) is 127. However, each AP-5131 can only support a
maximum 127 MUs spanned across its 16 available WLANs. If you
intend to define numerous WLANs, ensure each is using a portion
of the 127 available MUs and the sum of the supported MUs across
all WLANs does not exceed 127.

Enable Client Bridge
Backhaul

Select the Enable

Client Bridge Backhaul

checkbox to make the

WLAN available in the

WLAN

drop-down menu within the

Radio

Configuration

screen. This checkbox can be ignored for WLANs

not supporting mesh networking, to purposely exclude them from
the list of WLANs available in the Radio Configuration page
selected specifically for mesh networking support. Only WLANs
defined for mesh networking support should have this checkbox
selected.

Enable Hotspot

Select the

Enable Hotspot

checkbox to allow this WLAN (whether

it be a new or existing WLAN) to be configured for hotspot support.
Clicking the

Configure Hotspot

button launches a screen wherein

the parameters of the hotspot can be defined. For information on
configuring a target WLAN for hotspot support, see

Configuring

WLAN Hotspot Support on page 5-40

. For an overview of what a

hotspot is and what it can provide your wireless network, see

Hotspot Support on page 1-4

.

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