208CHAPTER 10: CONFIGURING MAP ACCESS POINTS

Table 11 MAC Address Allocations on MAPs

Radios

AP2750

The radio MAC address equals the MAP base

and SSIDs

 

MAC address.

 

 

The BSSIDs for the SSIDs configured on the

 

 

radio end in even numbers. The first BSSID is

 

 

equal to the MAP’s base MAC address. The next

 

 

BSSID is equal to the MAP’s base MAC address

 

 

+ 2, and so on.

 

 

 

 

AP7250

All radio MAC addresses are dynamically

 

AP8250

allocated by the WX switch after the MAP

 

boots. MSS allocates a unique block of eight

 

AP8750

 

consecutive addresses to each radio. Each SSID

 

 

configured on the radio uses one of the

 

 

addresses as its BSSID.

 

 

MAC allocations are not persistent across a

 

 

restart of the MAP, and a MAP might be

 

 

allocated a different set of addresses following a

 

 

restart.

 

 

 

 

AP3150

The 802.11b/g radio equals the MAP base MAC

 

AP3750

address.

 

The BSSIDs for the SSIDs configured on the

 

MP-352

 

802.11b/g radio end in even numbers. The first

 

MP-262

 

BSSID is equal to the MAP’s base MAC address.

 

MP-252

The next BSSID is equal to the MAP’s base MAC

 

address + 2, and so on.

 

MP-52

 

The 802.11a radio equals the MAP base MAC

 

 

 

 

address + 1.

 

 

The BSSIDs for the SSIDs configured on the

 

 

802.11a radio end in odd numbers. The first

 

 

BSSID is equal to the MAP’s base MAC address

 

 

+ 1. The next BSSID is equal to the MAP’s base

 

 

MAC address + 3, and so on.

 

 

 

 

MP-341

The radio equals the MAP base MAC address.

 

MP-241

The BSSIDs for the SSIDs configured on the

 

 

radio end in even numbers. The first BSSID is

equal to the MAP’s base MAC address. The next BSSID is equal to the MAP’s base MAC address + 2, and so on.

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