Networks; Ssid Naming Conventions - Cisco WAP131 Administration Manual

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Networks
Cisco WAP131 and WAP351 Administration Guide
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When the import is complete, the screen refreshes and the MAC addresses of the
APs in the imported file appear in the Known AP List.
Virtual Access Points (VAPs) segment the wireless LAN into multiple broadcast
domains that are the wireless equivalent of Ethernet VLANs. VAPs simulate
multiple access points in one physical WAP device. Up to four VAPs are supported
on the Cisco WAP131 and up to eight VAPs are supported on the Cisco WAP351.
Each VAP can be independently enabled or disabled, with the exception of VAP0.
VAP0 is the physical radio interface and remains enabled as long as the radio is
enabled. To disable operation of VAP0, the radio itself must be disabled.
Each VAP is identified by a user-configured Service Set Identifier (SSID). Multiple
VAPs cannot have the same SSID name. SSID broadcasts can be enabled or
disabled independently on each VAP. SSID broadcast is enabled by default.

SSID Naming Conventions

The default SSID for VAP0 is ciscosb. Every additional VAP created has a blank
SSID name. The SSIDs for all VAPs can be configured to other values.
The SSID can be any alphanumeric, case-sensitive entry from 2 to 32 characters.
The printable characters plus the space (ASCII 0x20) are allowed, but these six
characters are not:
?, ", $, [, \, ], and +.
The allowable characters are:
ASCII 0x20, 0x21, 0x23, 0x25 through 0x2A, 0x2C through 0x3E, 0x40
through 0x5A, 0x5E through 0x7E.
In addition, these three characters cannot be the first character:
!, #, and ; (ASCII 0x21, 0x23, and 0x3B, respectively).
Trailing and leading spaces (ASCII 0x20) are not permitted.
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