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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/n 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.

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. Do not use any of the following

characters for an ESSID < > | " & \ ? ,

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/n or 802.11b/g/n radio (or both radios). The

Available On checkbox 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 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 9-449.

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 access point 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.

MU Idle Timeout Set an

MU Idle Timeout the access point uses to timeout

idle mobile units from WLAN inclusion. When exceeded, the MU must re-establish its

credentials to assume operation within the WLAN. Set a value between 1 - 65535 minutes.

the default value is 30 minutes.

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 5-152. For an overview of what a hotspot is and what it can provide your wireless

network, see Hotspot Support on page 1-20.

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