User's Guide

Wireless Array
254 Configuring the Wireless Array
Procedure for Managing SSIDs
1. New SSID Name: To create a new SSID, enter a new SSID name to the left
of the Create button (Figure 138), then click Create. SSID names are case
sensitive and may only consist of the characters A-Z, a-z, 0-9, dash, and
underscore. You may create up to 16 SSIDs (up to 8 on the XR-500 Series).
You may create a special SSID named honeypot (lower-case) to reduce
the amount of unnecessary traffic caused by stations probing for open
SSID names that they have learned in the past—see “High Density 2.4G
Enhancement—Honeypot SSID” on page 252. In this case, a Honeypot
Service Whitelist Configuration section will appear below (see Step 23
on page 259).
SSID List (top of page)
2. SSID: Shows all currently assigned SSIDs. When you create a new SSID,
the SSID name appears in this table. Click any SSID in this list to select it.
3. On: Check this box to activate this SSID or clear it to deactivate it.
4. Brdcast: Check this box to make the selected SSID visible to all clients on
the network. Although the Wireless Array will not broadcast SSIDs that
are hidden, clients can still associate to a hidden SSID if they know the
SSID name to connect to it. Clear this box if you do not want this SSID to
be visible on the network.
5. Band: Choose which wireless band the SSID will be beaconed on. Select
either 5 GHz — 802.11an, 2.4 GHz — 802.11bgn or Both.
6. VLAN ID / Number: From the pull-down list, select a VLAN that you
want this traffic to be forwarded to on the wired network. Select numeric
to enter the number of a previously defined VLAN in the Number field
(see “VLANs” on page 199). This step is optional.
7. QoS: (Optional) Select a value in this field for QoS (Quality of Service)
priority filtering. The QoS value must be one of the following:
• 0 — The lowest QoS priority setting, where QoS makes its best effort
at filtering and prioritizing data, video and voice traffic without