Chapter 3: Manage Menu
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Configuring Virtual Access Points
Virtual access points (VAPs) function as independent broadcast domains
and are the wireless equivalent of Ethernet VLANs. They are seen by
clients as independent access points, with their own VIDs, SSIDs, and
security methods.
Here are the guidelines to VAPs:
Each radio can have up to 16 VAPs. Allied Telesis recommends no
more than five VAPs per radio.
The VAPs are numbered from 0 to 15.
If you use the cluster feature, VAPs are shared among the access
points of the cluster. For further information, refer to Chapter 4,
“Cluster Menu” on page 87.
You can enable and disable the VAPs individually, except for the
default VAP, VAP0, which can only be disabled by disabling the
radio itself.
The security methods for the VAPs are 802.1x, static WEP,
Enterprise WPA, and Personal WPA.
The VAPs of a radio can have different security methods.
VAPs can have the same or different VLAN IDs.
The access point does not forward traffic on disabled VAPs.
To configure VAPs, perform the following procedure:
1. From the Manage menu, select VAP.
The management software displays the “Modify Virtual Access Point
settings” window, shown in Figure 9 on page 56.
2. Use the Radio pull-down menu above the list of VAPs to select a radio.
Menu options 1 and 2 are the 2.4 and 5 GHz radios, respectively. The
default is radio 1. You can configure only one radio at a time.
3. Click the Enabled dialog box of the VAP you want to edit. You cannot
edit a VAP when it is disabled. A VAP is enabled when the Enabled
dialog box has a check mark and disabled when the dialog box is
empty. You can configure more than one VAP at a time.
Note
If you remove the check mark from the Enabled dialog box, you
disable the VAP. A disabled VAP does not forward network traffic.
4. Enter the VID for the VAP in the VLAN ID field.