Mbssid - ZyXEL Communications NWA3560-N User Manual

Unless specified, t he t erm " securit y set t ings" refers t o t he t raffic bet ween t he wireless st at ions and
t he device.
Figure 1 AP + Bridge Applicat ion
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1.2.2 MBSSID

A Basic Service Set ( BSS) is t he set of devices form ing a single wireless net work ( usually an access
point and one or m ore wireless client s) . The Service Set I Dent ifier ( SSI D) is t he nam e of a BSS. I n
Mult iple BSS ( MBSSI D) m ode, t he device provides m ult iple virt ual APs, each form ing it s own BSS
and using it s own individual SSI D profile.
You can assign different wireless and securit y set t ings t o each SSI D profile. This allows you t o
com part m ent alize groups of users, set varying access privileges, and priorit ize net work t raffic t o
and from cert ain BSSs.
To t he wireless client s in t he net work, each SSI D appears t o be a different access point . As in any
wireless net work, client s can associat e only wit h t he SSI Ds for which t hey have t he correct securit y
set t ings.
See Sect ion 4.1 on page 49
NWA3000-N Series User's Guide
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for an exam ple of using MBSS.
Chapter 1 Introduction
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