Technical data

Multiple ESSID Mapping
© 2012 Meru Networks, Inc. Configuring an ESS 85
controller# configure terminal
controller(config)# essid guest-users
controller(config-essid)# security-profile default
controller(config-essid)# vlan guest
controller(config-essid)# exit
controller(config)# essid corp-users
controller(config-essid)# security-profile corp-access
controller(config-essid)# vlan corp
controller(config-essid)# exit
controller(config)# essid retail-users
controller(config-essid)# security-profile retail-access
controller(config-essid)# vlan retail
controller(config-essid)# no ap-discovery join-ess
controller(config-essid)# no publish-essid
controller(config-essid)# ess-ap 1 1
controller(config-essid-ess-ap)# bssid 00:0c:e6:03:f9:a4
controller(config-essid-ess-ap)# exit
controller(config-essid)# exit
controller(config)# exit
controller#
To verify the creation of the new ESSIDs, use the show essid command.
To view detailed configuration for each of the new ESSIDs, use the show essid
essid-name command.
To verify that the guest-users and corp-users ESSIDs were automatically joined to
both access points connected to the controller and that the retail-users ESSID was
only joined to AP 1, use the show ess-ap ap ap-node-id or the show ess-ap essid
essid-name commands.
controller# show ess-ap ap 1
ESS-AP Configuration
AP ID: 1
ESSID AP Name Channel BSSID
guest-users AP-1 6 00:0c:e6:01:d5:c1
corp-users AP-1 6 00:0c:e6:02:eb:b5
retail-users AP-1 6 00:0c:e6:03:f9:a4
controller# show ess-ap ap 2
ESS-AP Configuration
AP ID: 2
ESSID AP Name Channel BSSID
guest-users AP-2 6 00:0c:e6:01:d5:c1
corp-users AP-2 6 00:0c:e6:02:eb:b5
controller# show ess-ap essid retail-users
ESS-AP Configuration
ESSID: retail-users
AP ID AP Name Channel BSSID
1 AP-1 6 00:0c:e6:03:f9:a4
controller# show ess-ap essid corp-users
ESS-AP Configuration
ESSID: corp-users
AP ID AP Name Channel BSSID
1 AP-1 6 00:0c:e6:02:eb:b5
2 AP-2 6 00:0c:e6:02:eb:b5