Wireless
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Cisco Small Business WAP371 Wireless Access Point Administration Guide
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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.
The allowable characters are:
ASCII 0x20 through 0x7E.
Trailing and leading spaces (ASCII 0x20) are not permitted.
NOTE
This means that spaces are allowed within the SSID, but not as the first or last character, and
the period "." (ASCII 0x2E) is also allowed.
VLAN IDs
Each VAP is associated with a VLAN, which is identified by a VLAN ID (VID). A VID can
be any value from 1 to 4094, inclusive. The WAP371 device supports 17 active VLANs (16
for WLAN plus one management VLAN).
By default, the VID assigned to the configuration utility for the WAP device is 1, which is also
the default untagged VID. If the management VID is the same as the VID assigned to a VAP,
then the WLAN clients associated with this specific VAP can administer the WAP device. If
needed, an access control list (ACL) can be created to disable administration from WLAN
clients.
Configuring VAPs
To configure VAPs:
STEP 1
Select Wireless > Networks in the navigation pane.
STEP 2
Select the Radio interface on which you want to configure VAPs (Radio 1 or Radio 2).
STEP 3
Select the Enabled check box for the VAP you want to configure.
—Or—
If VAP0 is the only VAP configured on the system, and you want to add a VAP, click Add.
Then, select the VAP and click Edit.
STEP 4
Configure the parameters:
