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Nortel WLAN—Security Switch 2300 Series Configuration Guide

Configuring APs

APs contain radios that provide networking between your wired network and IEEE 802.11 wireless users. An AP
connects to the wired network through a 10/100 Ethernet link and connects to wireless users through radio signals.

AP overview

Figure 8 shows an example of a Nortel network containing APs and WSSs. An AP can be directly connected to a WSS
port or indirectly connected to a WSS through a Layer 2 or IPv4 Layer 3 network. For redundancy, an AP can have one
of the following combinations of multiple connections:
Two direct connections to a single WSS or two WSSs
Up to four indirect connections to WSSs through intermediate Layer 2 or Layer 3 networks
One direct connection to a WSS and up to three indirect connections to WSSs through intermediate Layer 2 or
Layer 3 networks
AP overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Configuring global AP parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
Disabling or reenabling radios . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
Displaying AP information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341