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4 Access point AP 2 acknowledges the presence of wireless station Y and relays this
information to access point AP 1 through the wired LAN.
5 Access point AP 1 updates the new position of wireless station Y.

8.4.1 Requirements for Roaming

The following requirements must be met in order for wireless stations to roam between the
coverage areas.
1 All the access points must be on the same subnet and configured with the same ESSID.
2 If IEEE 802.1x user authentication is enabled and to be done locally on the access point,
the new access point must have the user profile for the wireless station.
3 The adjacent access points should use different radio channels when their coverage areas
overlap.
4 All access points must use the same port number to relay roaming information.
5 The access points must be connected to the Ethernet and be able to get IP addresses from
a DHCP server if using dynamic IP address assignment.
To enable roaming on your ZyXEL Device, click WIRELESS > Wireless. The screen appears
as shown.

Figure 66 Roaming

Select the Roaming Active check box and click Apply.
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