Configuration manual

Wireless network configuration 33
Configuration — Command Line Interface
Variable definitions
The following table describes the variables and values for configuring the wireless network.
Variable Value
wlan-id
The ID number of the WLAN. Range is 1 to 4.
SSID
The SSID is alphanumeric and is mapped to the VLAN ID.
SSID length ranges between 1 and 32.
The mapping must be unique. Only one SSID number per VLAN ID
is allowed.
vlan-name
The VLAN ID to which SSID users belong. Access points use this
VLAN ID to tag the packets from the specified users of the given
SSID.
auth-type
The authorization types are:
•
open - use if authentication is not required.
•
shared - use for a shared key.
• WPA, WPA2, or WPA-WPA2-Mixed- Use if Radius server is
used for authentication.
• WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK, or WPA-WPA2-PSK-Mixed -- Use
if authentication uses a preshared key.
•
open1x - use for 802.1x authentication.
Note: Step 5 of this procedure specifies
pre-shared-key.
When pre-shared-key the
auth-type in this command must be
one of the “-PSK” options.
key-format
The format of the authorization key. The values are either ascii or
hex.
key
The authorization key.
Hexadecimal keys can be 64 characters in length.
ASCII keys can be 8 to 63 characters in length.
radio-mode
The required radio mode. Select one of the following options:
•
b - For a network with all 802.11b clients, select 802.11b mode.
The BSG has a single 802.11b radio.
•
g - For a network with all 802.11g clients, select the 802.11g
mode.
•
bg - Mixed Mode for a network with many 802.11g devices with
a lesser population of 802.11b clients. Performance degradation
can occur.