Chapter 8 Wireless Configuration
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Table 29 Wireless: MBSSID
LABEL | DESCRIPTION |
Operating Mode | Select MBSSID in this field to display the screen as shown |
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Select SSID Profile | An SSID profile is the set of parameters relating to one of the NWA’s |
| BSSs. The SSID (Service Set IDentifier) identifies the Service Set |
| with which a wireless station is associated. Wireless stations |
| associating with the access point (AP) must have the same SSID. |
| Note: If you are configuring the NWA from a computer |
| connected to the wireless LAN and you change the |
| NWA’s SSID or security settings, you will lose your |
| wireless connection when you press Apply to confirm. |
| You must then change the wireless settings of your |
| computer to match the NWA’s new settings. |
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Index | This is the index number of the SSID profile. |
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Active | Select the check box to enable an SSID profile. |
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Profile | Select the profile(s) of the SSIDs you want to use in your wireless |
| network. You can have up to eight BSSs running on the NWA |
| simultaneously, one of which is always the |
| VoIP_SSID profile and another of which is always the pre- |
| configured Guest_SSID profile. |
| Configure SSID profiles in the SSID screen. |
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See Table 27 on page 124 for information on the other labels in this screen.
8.5 Technical Reference
This section provides technical background information about the topics covered in this chapter. Refer to Appendix B on page 319 for further readings on Wireless LAN.
8.5.1 Spanning Tree Protocol (STP)
STP detects and breaks network loops and provides backup links between switches, bridges or routers. It allows a bridge to interact with other STP- compliant bridges in your network to ensure that only one route exists between any two stations on the network.
8.5.1.1 Rapid STP
The NWA uses IEEE 802.1w RSTP (Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol) that allow faster convergence of the spanning tree (while also being backwards compatible with
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