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Cisco Small Business WAP121 and WAP321 Wireless-N Access Point with PoE
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If VAP0 is the only VAP configured on the system, and you want to add a VAP, click
. Then, select the VAP and click
VAP0 is not editable.
Configure the parameters:
• —The VID of the VLAN to associate with the VAP.
When a wireless client connects to the AP by using this VAP, the AP tags all
traffic from the wireless client with the VLAN ID you enter in this field unless
you enter the port VLAN ID or use a RADIUS server to assign a wireless
client to a VLAN. The range for the VLAN ID is 1–4094.
You configure the untagged and management VLAN IDs on the Ethernet
Settings page. For more information, see
• —A name for the wireless network. The SSID is an alphanumeric string
of up to 32 characters. You can use the same SSID for multiple VAPs, or you
can choose a unique SSID for each VAP.
If you are connected as a wireless client to the same AP that you are
administering, resetting the SSID will cause you to lose connectivity to the
AP. You will need to reconnect to the new SSID after you save this new
setting.
•
Specify whether to allow the AP to broadcast the Service Set Identifier
(SSID) in its beacon frames. The Broadcast SSID parameter is enabled by
default. When the VAP does not broadcast its SSID, the network name is not
displayed in the list of available networks on a client station. Instead, the
client must have the exact network name configured in the supplicant before
it is able to connect.
Disabling the broadcast SSID is sufficient to prevent clients from
accidentally connecting to your network, but it will not prevent even the
simplest of attempts by a hacker to connect or monitor unencrypted traffic.
Suppressing the SSID broadcast offers a very minimal level of protection on
an otherwise exposed network (such as a guest network) where the priority
is making it easy for clients to get a connection and where no sensitive
information is available.
• —The type of authentication required for access to the VAP:
- None
.
—Enables and disables the broadcast of the SSID.
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