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Bridge GUI Guide: Network Configuration
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Bridges or serve as a WLAN access point (AP). Refer to
Section 3.2.2 for more detail.
You can view the BSSs configured for each radio, under the
radio’s entry on
Configure -> Radio Settings.
No BSSs are configured on Bridge radios by default. To create
a BSS you need only specify a unique name (Section 3.3.4.1)
and SSID (Section 3.3.4.2).
Sections 3.3.4.1 through 3.3.4.14 describe complete settings to
configure Bridge radio BSSs; step-by-step instructions for
changing them follow these sections.
Figure 3.12. Simple View
New BSS
settings frame, all radio-equipped platforms
3.3.4.1 BSS Administrative State and Name
Admin State simply determines whether the BSS is Disabled or
Enabled. Newly created BSSs are Enabled by default.
You can enable and disable radio BSSs only in Advanced View.
You must specify a
BSS Name, an alphanumeric identifier of up
to 254 characters and unique to the current radio, in order to
create a BSS.
3.3.4.2 BSS SSID and Advertise SSID
You must specify a service set identifier in order to create a
BSS. You can manually enter an
SSID of up to 32
alphanumeric characters, or randomly generate a 16-digit
ASCII string to use for the SSID.
The SSID associated with each BSS is a unique string of up to
32 characters normally included in the beacon and probe-
response 802.11 management frames transmitted by access
points (APs) and wireless bridges.
When they are broadcast (the default), SSIDs are used to
advertise which devices can connect to the wireless network.
When
Advertise SSID is Disabled (see below), SSIDs function
more like device passwords, limiting network access to those
devices that “know” the BSSs unadvertised SSID. (Disabling
Advertise SSID is not, however, sufficient to secure the BSS.)
When
Advertise SSID is Disabled, the SSID string is deleted
from the radio beacons. A setting of
Enabled, the default,
causes the SSID to be included in these packets.
You can set a BSS’s
SSID in either Bridge GUI view. You can
enable/disable
Advertise SSID only in Advanced View.