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Enabling wireless LANs (WLANs)
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CAUTION
A WLAN cannot be enabled for both mesh and hotspot support at the same time. Only one of
these two options can be enabled at one time, as the GUI and CLI will prevent both from being
enabled.
NOTE
If 802.11a is selected as the radio used for the WLAN, the WLAN cannot use a Kerberos
supported security policy.
4. Configure the Security field as required to set the data protection requirements for the WLAN.
NOTE
A WLAN configured to support Mesh should not have a Kerberos or 802.1x EAP security policy
defined for it, as these two authentication schemes are not supported within a Mesh network.
ESSID
Enter the Extended Services Set Identification (ESSID) associated with the
WLAN. The WLAN name is auto-generated using the ESSID until changed by
the user. The maximum number of characters that can be used for the
ESSID is 32.
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 check boxes 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 check box should only
be selected for a mesh WLAN if this target access point 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
check box should not be selected
.
For more information on defining a
WLAN for mesh support, see
“Configuring a WLAN for mesh networking
Max Clients
Use the Max Clients field to define the number of Clients permitted to
interoperate within the new or revised WLAN. The maximum (and default) is
127. However, each access point can only support a maximum 127 Clients
spanned across its 16 available WLANs. If you intend to define numerous
WLANs, ensure each is using a portion of the 127 available Clients and the
sum of the supported Clients 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
check box 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 114. For
an overview of what a hotspot is and what it can provide your wireless
network, see