Networks; Ssid Naming Conventions - Cisco WAP551 Administration Manual

Wireless

Networks

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Networks
Cisco Small Business WAP551 and WAP561 Wireless-N Access Point
In the Download/Backup Trusted AP List area, select Download (PC to AP).
Click Browse and choose the file to import.
The file that you import must be a plain-text file with a .txt or .cfg extension. Entries in the file
are MAC addresses in hexadecimal format with each octet separated by colons, for example
00:11:22:33:44:55. You must separate entries with a single space. For the AP to accept the file,
it must contain only MAC addresses.
Choose whether to replace the existing Trusted AP List or add the entries in the imported file
to the Trusted AP List.
a. Select Replace to import the list and replace the contents of the Known AP List.
b. Select Merge to import the list and add the APs in the imported file to the APs currently
shown in the Known AP List.
Click Save.
When the import is complete, the screen refreshes and the MAC addresses of the APs in the
imported file appear in the Known AP List.
Virtual Access Points (VAPs) segment the wireless LAN into multiple broadcast domains that
are the wireless equivalent of Ethernet VLANs. VAPs simulate multiple access points in one
physical WAP device.
Each VAP can be independently enabled or disabled, with the exception of VAP0. VAP0 is the
physical radio interface and remains enabled as long as the radio is enabled. To disable
operation of VAP0, the radio itself must be disabled.
Each VAP is identified by a user-configured Service Set Identifier (SSID). Multiple VAPs
cannot have the same SSID name. SSID broadcasts can be enabled or disabled independently
on each VAP. SSID broadcast is enabled by default.

SSID Naming Conventions

SSID Naming Conventions
The default SSID for VAP0 is ciscosb. Every additional VAP created has a blank SSID name.
The SSIDs for all VAPs can be configured to other values.
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