Working With Wlan Groups - Ruckus Wireless ZoneDirector 1100 User Manual

Managing a Wireless Local Area Network

Working with WLAN Groups

4. To manually configure 802.1X/EAP settings for non-EAP capable client use, use the wireless
settings generated by ZoneDirector.

Working with WLAN Groups

WLAN groups are used to specify which APs provide which WLAN services. If your wireless
network covers a large physical environment (for example, multi-floor or multi-building office)
and you want to provide different WLAN services to different areas of your environment, you
can use WLAN groups to do this.
For example, if your wireless network covers three building floors (1st Floor to 3rd Floor) and
you need to provide wireless access to visitors on the 1st Floor, you can do the following:
1. Create a WLAN service (for example, "Guest Only Service") that provides guest-level access
only.
2. Create a WLAN group (for example, "Guest Only Group"), and then assign "Guest Only
Service" (WLAN service) to "Guest Only Group" (WLAN group).
3. Assign APs on the 1st Floor (where visitors need wireless access) to your "Guest Only
Group".
Any wireless client that associates with APs assigned to the "Guest Only Group" will get the
guest-level access privileges defined in your "Guest Only Service." APs on the 2nd and 3rd
Floors can remain assigned to the Default WLAN Group and provide normal-level access.
NOTE: Creating WLAN groups is optional. If you do not need to provide different WLAN
services to different areas in your environment, you do not need to create a WLAN group.
NOTE: A default WLAN group called Default exists. The first eight WLANs that you create
are automatically assigned to this Default WLAN group.
NOTE: A WLAN Group can include a maximum of eight member WLANs. If Smart Mesh is
enabled, the maximum number of WLANs in a WLAN group is six. For dual radio APs, each
radio can be assigned to only one WLAN Group (single radio APs can be assigned to only one
WLAN Group).
The maximum number of WLAN groups that you can create depends on the ZoneDirector
model.
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