WESM zl Management and Configuration Guide WT.01.28 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 zl 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 example, 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.