Allied Telesis AT-WA7501 Example Configuring an 802.11a WAP With Roaming End Devices, WAP 802.11b

AT-WA7500 and AT-WA7501 Installation and User’s Guide

Table 7. 802.11g Access Point and WAP Parameter Settings

		Access Point	WAP	WAP 802.11b
Screen	Parameter		802.11g
		802.11g		Radio-2
			Radio-1
802.11g	Node Type	Master	Master	Station
Radio
	SSID	Manufacturing	Warehouse	Manufacturing
Spanning	LAN ID	11	11	11
Tree
	Root	5	0	(not
Settings
	Priority			applicable)
	Ethernet	Checked	Checked	(not
	Bridging			applicable)
	Enabled

You need to configure the wireless end devices to have the same SSID, LAN ID, and frequency as the WAP radio. You do not need to configure any secondary LAN settings because the WAP is not connected to a secondary LAN.

Allied Telesyn recommends that you always implement some type of security.

Example - Configuring an 802.11a WAP With Roaming End Devices

In this example, there is one 802.11a radio in the access point and there is one 802.11a radio in the WAP. Wireless end devices can roam between the WAP and the access point.

Host

Ethernet

Access

point

WAP

Figure 12. 802.11a WAP with Roaming End Devices

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