Alvarion BreezeACCESS II System Manual page 176

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NOTE:
Synchronization is not allowed by the radio regulations in certain countries. In units
using such standards, the Hopping Sync option is not supported. See Table 2-3‚
page 2-39 for information on synchronization support in the standards of various
countries.
ESSID Parameters
The ESSID is a string used to identify a wireless network. It prevents the
unintentional merging of two co-located wireless networks. An SU can
only associate with an AU that has an identical ESSID. To facilitate easy
additions of SUs to existing deployments, where different ESSIDs are
used in neighboring sectors, a secondary "global" ESSID, namely
Operator ESSID, is available in the AU.
ESSID – The ESSID (Extended Service Set ID) of the unit. Use
different ESSIDs to segment the wireless access network and add
security to your network.
Valid values: A string of up to 31 printable ASCII characters, case
sensitive.
The default value is ESSID1.
Operator ESSID Parameters (AU only) – The Operator ESSID is a
secondary ESSID that can only be configured in the AU. The
Operator ESSID can be used to enhance flexibility and reduce
configuration effort when adding new Subscriber Units to
operational installations in which different ESSIDs were configured
for different sectors that actually belong to the same network. In
such installations, all AUs should be configured with the same
Operator ESSID. The ESSID as well as the Operator ESSID are
included in the AU's Beacon & Probe Response management frames.
The SU shall regard such frames if the ESSID or Operator ESSID
matches its own ESSID. The ESSID of the AU with which the SU is
associated is defined as the Run-Time ESSID, to be used by the SU
when communicating with the AU. The Run-Time ESSID is included
in the list displayed upon selecting either Show Air Interface
Parameters or Show Basic Parameters options in the SU.
In new installations where all units are configured with the same
ESSID, Operator ESSID need not be used.
The following parameters are available:
Operator ESSID Option – Enables/disables the use of the
Operator ESSID when communicating with SUs.
The default is Enable.
Operator ESSID – Defines the Operator ESSID.
Valid values: a string of up to 31 printable ASCII characters,
case sensitive.
The default value is ESSID1.
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