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Planning Network Features
Installation and User Guide: Airgo Access Point 15
VLAN
VLANs permit the network to be segmented according to functional needs without the
restrictions of the physical topology.
• If your enterprise uses multiple VLANS, they can be supported in the wireless
network.
• Multiple VLANs are required for guest access.
SSID Decide whether one or multiple SSIDs will be supported.
• Multiple SSIDs are desirable for applications such as wireless Internet service
(WISP), in which a single physical access point supports multiple user populations
in distinct networks.
• Multiple SSIDs permit support of multiple service levels in networks that rely on
PSK rather than user-based authentication. Services are bound to the SSID rather
than to specific user groups.
Quality of
Service
Quality of Service (QoS) allows you to set priorities for user traffic, thereby increasing
the likelihood that critical data will obtain the needed priority.
• QoS is implemented by way of class of service (COS) mappings. Accept the default
mappings or define custom mappings to create special high or low priority classes
of service.
• Default and custom mappings are compatible with other feature selections.
Service Profile Service profiles specify the services available for an SSID or for designated user
groups within an SSID.
• Accept the default service profile or create custom service profiles to provide
varying levels of service.
• The service profile includes VLAN assignment, COS, and minimum security.
Once created, a service profile can be bound to an SSID with or without a specified
user group.
• If a user group is included in the binding of a service profile to an SSID, then
members of the user group are automatically assigned that profile when
authenticated.
• If no user groups are specified, then all users who access the SSID are assigned the
same profile.
Guest Access Guest access refers to special treatment of users who are not authorized to access the
main corporate network. The guest access feature allows non-authorized users to gain
network access in a controlled way.
Decide whether the network will support guest users and if so, how guest access will
be managed.
• Guest access requires open access security and is not compatible with WEP.
• Guest users can be authenticated by way of an internal or external web landing
page, or can be given open access to a restricted portion of the corporate network.
Feature Planning Issues