General Options; Wlan Usage - Ruckus Wireless SmartCell Gateway 200 Getting Started Manual

6 Click OK to finish creating the WLAN service.
You have completed creating your first WLAN. To create another WLAN, repeat
4 to Step 6. You can create up to six WLANs per AP zone.
Figure 36. Configuring the WLAN settings of an AP zone

General Options

• Name/ESSID: Type a short name (2-31 characters) for this WLAN. In general,
the WLAN name is the same as the advertised SSID (the name of the wireless
network as displayed in the client's wireless configuration program). However,
you can also separate the ESSID from the WLAN name by entering a name for
the WLAN in the first field, and a broadcast SSID in the second field. In this way,
you can advertise the same SSID in multiple locations (controlled by the same
SCG) while still being able to manage the different WLANs independently. Each
WLAN "name" must be unique within the SCG, while the broadcast SSID can
be the same for multiple WLANs.
• Description: Enter a brief description of the qualifications or purpose of this
WLAN (for example, Engineering or Voice).

WLAN Usage

• In Access Network, select the Tunnel WLAN traffic to SCG check box if you want
to tunnel the traffic from this WLAN back to the SCG. Tunnel mode enables
wireless clients to roam across different APs on different subnets. If the WLAN
has clients that require uninterrupted wireless connection (for example, VoIP
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