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This chapter first provides an overview of how to configure the wireless LAN on your NWA, and then gives step-by-step guidelines showing how to configure your NWA for some example scenarios.

4.1 How to Configure the Wireless LAN

This section illustrates how to choose which wireless operating mode to use on the NWA and how to set up the wireless LAN in each wireless mode. See Section 4.1.2 on page 28 for links to more information on each step.

4.1.1Choosing the Wireless Mode

•Use MBSSID (Multiple Basic Service Set Identifier) operating mode if you want to use the NWA as an access point with some groups of users having different security or QoS settings from other groups of users. See Section 1.2.1 on page 11 for details.

•Use Client operating mode if you want to use the NWA to access a wireless network. See Section 1.2.2 on page 12 for details.

•Use Root AP operating mode if you want to allow wireless clients to access your wired network through the NWA and also have repeaters communicate with the NWA to expand wireleass coverage. See Section 1.2.3 on page 14 for details.

•Use Repeater operating mode if you want to use the NWA to communicate with the root AP or other repeaters. See Section 1.2.4 on page 14 for details.

4.1.2Further Reading

Use these links to find more information on the steps:

•Choosing 802.11 Mode: see Section 6.4 on page 57.

•Choosing a wireless Channel ID: see Section 6.4 on page 57.

•Choosing a Security mode: see Section 6.6 on page 73.

•Configuring an external RADIUS server: see Section 6.7 on page 79.

•Configuring MAC Filtering: see Section 6.9 on page 83.

4.2How to Configure Multiple Wireless Networks

In this example, you have been using your NWA as an access point for your office network. Now your network is expanding and you want to make use of the MBSSID feature (see Section 6.4.4 on

 

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