Motorola WS5100 manual 4.5Viewing and Configuring Switch WLANs, 4.5.1Configuring WLANs

4-20WS5100 Series Switch System Reference Guide

NOTE: Do not select more than four parameters at any given time.

4.Refer to the Status field for the current state of the requests made from applet. This field displays error messages if something goes wrong in the transaction between the applet and the switch.

5.Click Close to close the dialog.

4.5Viewing and Configuring Switch WLANs

A wireless LAN (WLAN) is a local area network (LAN) without wires. WLANs transfer data through the air using radio frequencies instead of cables. The WLAN screen displays a high-level overview of the WLANs created for the switch managed network. Use this data as necessary to check the WLANs that are active, their VLAN assignments, updates to a WLANs description and their current authentication and encryption schemes.The Wireless LANs screen consists of the following tabs:

•Configuring WLANs

•Viewing WLAN Statistics

•Viewing VLAN/Tunnel Assignments

•Configuring WMM

4.5.1Configuring WLANs

Refer to the Configuration screen for a high-level overview of the WLANs created for use within the switch- managed network. Use this data as necessary to keep current of active WLANs, their VLAN assignments,