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40 Configuring the Extricom WLAN System
Field Description
802.11d Support Enables support of the 802.11d standard .The purpose of this
standard is to provide regulation domains for each country in a
predefined list. The regulation domains and country information
are provided as part of Beacons & Probe response.
Enable AeroScout Enable location based services based on the Aeroscout platform.
Requires Aeroscout hardware.
VLAN Enter a VLAN tag to assign to the ESSID. Assigning a VLAN to
an ESSID enables you to control a wireless device’s privileges
through the existing wired network definitions.
MAC Authentication Select this option if you wish to impose MAC authentication on
this ESSID. MAC authentication enables a user to authenticate
WLAN clients using RADIUS server, even if they do not support
802.1x authentication. Note that when using this option, the
security setting does not allow you to select any 802.1x methods.
Beacon Rate Control
Use this option if you wish to tune the beacon distribution
mechanism. You can tune the system to provide customized
beacon coverage. The higher the rate, more beacons shall be
distributed on this SSID.
5 levels are available in the pull-down menu:
• Basic: 0% beacon rate control
• Normal (default): 33% beacon rate control
• Increased: 66% beacon rate control
• High: 80% beacon rate control
• Full: 100% beacon rate control
In Band Management Select this option if you wish to allow management of the switch
through the wireless media through this ESSID. In band
management ESSIDs have the same VLAN as set for the switch
management VLAN. Once you set this option, the VLAN setting
will be automatically updated to the management VLAN as set in
the LAN Configuration web page.
In band management SSID if enabled shall only allow the
following security Settings (This should be set from the Others
Tab in the Advanced page):
• WPA/WPA2 personal ( TKIP/AES & Pre Shared Key
Authentication)
• WPA/WPA2 Enterprise (TKIP/AES & 802.1x
Authentication)
Captive Portal Select this option if you wish to set this ESSID to be captive portal
restricted. If you set this option the ESSID VLAN id is
automatically assigned with the VLAN ID specified in the Portal
tab in the Advanced page.