Specifications

Network Management
Altitude 3500 Series Access Point Product Reference Guide
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Defining Primary WLANs allows an administrator to dedicate BSSIDs (4 BSSIDs are available for
mapping) to WLANs. From that initial BSSID assignment, Primary WLANs can be defined from
within the WLANs assigned to BSSID groups 1 through 4. Each BSSID beacons only on the primary
WLAN.
The user should assign each WLAN to its own BSSID. In cases where more than four WLANs are
required, WLANs should be grouped according to their security policies so all of the WLANs on a
BSSID have the same security policy. It is generally a bad idea to have WLANs with different
security policies on the same BSSID, as this will result in warning or error messages.
NOTE
If using a single-radio access point, there are 4 BSSIDs available. If using a dual-radio access point, 4
BSSIDs for the 802.11b/g radio and 4 BSSIDs for the 802.11a radio are available.
WLAN Lists the WLAN names available to the 802.11a or
802.11b/g radio that can be assigned to a BSSID.
BSSID Assign a BSSID value of 1 through 4 to a WLAN in order
to map the WLAN to a specific BSSID.
BC/MC Cipher A read only field displaying the downgraded BC/MC
(Broadcast/Multicast) cipher for a WLAN based on the
BSSID and VLAN ID to which it has been mapped.