Cisco Systems OL-6415-04 manual Features

Chapter 1 Overview

Features

Features

This section lists features supported on access points running Cisco IOS software.

•Access Point Link Role Flexibility—This feature allows the user to configure root and non-root bridging mode functionality, universal client mode, and support of a WGB client device, in addition to a root access point on the radio interface.

Note Root/Non-Root bridging mode is supported only on modular ISR platforms, such as Cisco 3800 series , Cisco 2800 and Cisco 1841 series. Fixed ISR platforms, such as the Cisco 800 and Cisco 1800 do not support this feature.

•QoS Basic Service Set (QBSS) support—This feature aligns Cisco QBSS implementation with the evolving 802.11e standard. The QBSS element of the access point’s beacon advertises channel load instead of traffic load. A new configuration command, dot11 phone dot11e has been added in Release 12.4 that allows the standard QBSS Load element to be sent in the beacon. This command should be used when compatible phones are employed in the network.

•Secure Shell version 2 (SSHv2) support—SSH v2 is a standards-based protocol to provide secure Telnet capability for router configuration and administration.

•Support for Multiple BSSIDs—This feature permits a single access point to appear to the WLAN as multiple virtual access points. It does this by assigning an access point with multiple Basic Service Set IDs (MBSSIDs) or MAC addresses.

To determine whether a radio supports multiple basic SSIDs, enter the show controllers command for the radio interface. The radio supports multiple basic SSIDs if the results include this line:

Number of supported simultaneous BSSID on radio_interface: 8

•Support for Wi-Fi 802.11h and Dynamic Frequency Selection (DFS)—This feature allows access points configured at the factory for use in Europe to detect radar signals such as military and weather sources and switch channels on the access points.

•SNMPv3—This feature enables SNMPv3 support on Cisco wireless devices to provide an additional level of security.

•World mode—Use this feature to communicate the access point’s regulatory setting information, including maximum transmit power and available channels, to world mode-enabled clients. Clients using world mode can be used in countries with different regulatory settings and automatically conform to local regulations. World mode is supported only on the 2.4-GHz radio.

•Multiple SSIDs—Create up to 16 SSIDs on the wireless device and assign any combination of these settings to each SSID:

–Broadcast SSID mode for guests on your network

–Client authentication methods

–Maximum number of client associations

–VLAN identifier

–RADIUS accounting list identifier

–A separate SSID for infrastructure devices such as repeaters and workgroup bridges

Note Only 10 SSIDs are supported on the Cisco 800 series platforms.

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