Symbol WS5000 Series System Reference Manual page 109

Table 6.11 Creating a WLAN—Configuring ESS ID, MU Associations, and WLAN Network Address Controls
Configuration Components
ESS ID Controls
ESSID
Accept Any ESSID
checkbox
Secured Beacon checkbox
MU Access Controls
Max MUs field
MU to MU Disallow
checkbox
MU to MU Drop checkbox
ACL field
Create... button
Enable ACL checkbox
Network Addresses
Default Route
Netmask
5. When done, click Next. A new wizard panel is displayed, as shown in
policy.
6. Select a security policy or click the Create button to create a new security policy (see
Security Policy on page 6-17
Authentication, a Kerberos Password field is enabled, and must also be entered.
Description
Use this text field (1 to 32 characters) to assign an Extended Service Set Identifier
(ESSID) to the WLAN.
When unchecked, an MU trying to associate with the access port on the WLAN
must have the same ESS ID.
When checked, the Access Port will allow any MU to associate. (However, an
ESSID value still must be supplied).
When Use Secured Beacon is checked (in the lower right corner) is checked,
the WLAN's ESSID is not broadcast in the AP's beacon message, otherwise
(unchecked) it is.
Maximum number of MUs that can associate through this WLAN at a time, in the
range [1, 4095].
When checked, MUs are disabled from being able to communicate directly with
each other. Instead, all MU to MU packets are routed through the network.
When checked, packets sent from one MU to another are dropped within the
switch.
To apply an Access Control List to the WLAN's gateway, choose an ACL from the
drop-down list. To create a new ACL, click Create... See
Control List on page 6-25 for more details.
When checked, the selected ACL is enabled.
Set the IP address (default route) and subnet mask (netmask) of the WLAN's
gateway.
for more details). If the selected security policy includes Kerberos
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Configuring Policies
Creating an Access
Figure 6.33, to apply a security
Creating a