242Configuring AP access points

Clear SSID—Clients using this SSID do not use encryption. Use the clear SSID for public access to nonsecure portions of your network.

All AP access point models except AP-101 and AP-122 can support up to 32 SSIDs per radio. Each SSID can be encrypted or clear, and beaconing can be enabled or disabled on an individual SSID basis.

Each radio has 32 MAC addresses and can therefore support up to 32 SSIDs, with one MAC address assigned to each SSID as its BSSID. An AP access port's MAC address block is listed on a label on the back of the access port. If the AP is already deployed and running on the network, you can display the MAC address assignments by using the show {ap

dap} status command.

All MAC addresses on an AP are assigned based on the AP’s base MAC address, as described in Table 9 on page 242.

Table 9:

MAC Address Allocations on AP access ports

 

 

 

AP access port

All models

• The AP has a base MAC address. All the other addresses are

 

 

 

 

assigned based on this address.

Ethernet Ports

All models

Ethernet port 1 equals the AP base MAC address.

Ethernet port 2 (if the AP model has one) equals the AP base

MAC address + 1.

Radios and SSIDs

AP-2330

• The 802.11b/g radio equals the AP base MAC address.

 

• The BSSIDs for the SSIDs configured on the 802.11b/g radio

AP-233x

end in even numbers. The first BSSID is equal to the AP’s

base MAC address. The next BSSID is equal to the AP’s base

 

MAC address + 2, and so on.

AP-233x

• The 802.11a radio equals the AP base MAC address + 1.

 

• The BSSIDs for the SSIDs configured on the 802.11a radio

AP-233x

end in odd numbers. The first BSSID is equal to the AP’s base

MAC address + 1. The next BSSID is equal to the AP’s base

 

AP-233x

MAC address + 3, and so on.

 

 

 

AP-341

• The radio equals the AP base MAC address.

• The BSSIDs for the SSIDs configured on the radio end in

 

AP-241

even numbers. The first BSSID is equal to the AP’s base

MAC address. The next BSSID is equal to the AP’s base

 

MAC address + 2, and so on.

 

The 802.11b radio equals the base MAC address, for both the

AP-122

 

clear and encrypted SSIDs.

The 802.11a radio equals the base address + 1, for both the

 

clear and encrypted SSIDs.

AP-101

• The radio equals the base MAC address, for both the clear and

encrypted SSIDs.

 

 

 

Models AP-101 and AP-122 are assigned blocks of four MAC addresses each. Each radio on models AP-101 and AP-122 is assigned one MAC address, which is shared by both the clear SSID and the encrypted SSID.

Encryption

Encrypted SSIDs can use the following encryption methods:

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