G-3000H User’s Guide

8.4.1 Requirements for Roaming

The following requirements must be met in order for wireless stations to roam between the coverage areas.

1All the access points must be on the same subnet and configured with the same ESSID.

2If IEEE 802.1x user authentication is enabled and to be done locally on the access point, the new access point must have the user profile for the wireless station.

3The adjacent access points should use different radio channels when their coverage areas overlap.

4All access points must use the same port number to relay roaming information.

5The access points must be connected to the Ethernet and be able to get IP addresses from a DHCP server if using dynamic IP address assignment.

To enable roaming on your ZyAIR, click the WIRELESS link under ADVANCED and then the Roaming tab. The screen appears as shown.

Figure 53 Roaming

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 33

Roaming

 

 

 

LABEL

 

DESCRIPTION

 

 

 

Active

 

Select Yes from the drop-down list box to enable roaming on the ZyAIR if you

 

 

have two or more ZyAIRs on the same subnet.

 

 

Note: All APs on the same subnet and the wireless stations must

 

 

have the same SSID to allow roaming.

Port #

 

Enter the port number to communicate roaming information between access

 

 

points. The port number must be the same on all access points. The default is

 

 

3517. Make sure this port is not used by other services.

Apply

 

Click Apply to save your changes back to the ZyAIR.

 

 

 

Reset

 

Click Reset to begin configuring this screen afresh.

 

 

 

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