Wireless/Redundant Edge Services xl Module Management and Configuration Guide WS.02.xx and greater

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Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs)
Configuration Options: Normal Versus Advanced Mode
Figure 4-8. Global WLAN Settings Screen
c. Check the Advanced Configuration box, and then click the OK button.
3. Enable the WLANs.
4. You must now manually assign the WLANs to RP radios. You can do this
in two ways:
• You can manually assign WLANs as a part of a default configuration
to be sent to any newly adopted RP.
In this case, the Wireless Edge Services xl Module deploys the WLAN
configuration to all RP radios when they are adopted, as it would in
normal mode. However, instead of automatically assigning WLAN 1
to BSSID 1, and so on, the module allows you to select which WLANs
are assigned to which BSSIDs.
• You can manually assign WLANs to specific BSSIDs on specific RP
radios.
In this case, only the specified radios support the WLANs.
You can use both types of advanced configuration in conjunction. For exam-
ple, you can create a radio adoption default configuration, but then override
that configuration for specific RP radios after they are adopted.
For more security, you could leave the radio adoption default configuration
empty so that newly adopted RP radios do not immediately support your
network’s WLANs. After you decide that an RP is authorized, you can manually
configure the WLAN assignment on its radio or radios.
The following sections supply more information about these two methods.