Nortel BayStack 660, Use Manual

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Using the BayStack 660 Wireless LAN Access Point
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Network Service Areas
The coverage area or cell around each access point is called its basic service area
(BSA), as illustrated in
Figure 1-6 .
Figure 1-6. BSA of a BayStack 660 Access Point
Service Set Identification (SSID)
On a network with multiple BayStack 660 Access Points installed, a mobile user
(a laptop computer with a BayStack 660 PC Card installed) can roam freely within
the ESA of the access points with the same Service Set Identification SSIDs
without losing connection to the wired network. This management is made
possible with the assignment of SSIDs and wireless interaction within both types
of networks is managed through the assignment of SSIDs.
In order for a mobile unit to roam seamlessly from one BayStack 660 Access
Point to another, the SSIDs of all the BayStack 660 Access Points and the
BayStack 660 PC Cards must be the same. Nortel recommends that the access
points be installed on the same logical Ethernet segment (IP subnet).
8828FA
225 feet
(69 meters)
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