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Fortress ES-Series CLI Guide: Networking and Radio Configuration
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NOTE: You must
specify the ES210
Mesh Point’s radio by
name: radio1.
Add channels to the Static Exclusion List with add
xchannel
:
# add xchannel -radio radio1 |radio2 -channel <#>
Delete channels from the exclusion list with del xchannel:
# del xchannel -radio radio1 |radio2 -channel <#> -all
You must be logged on to an administrator-level account to
change configuration settings (refer to Section 2.2).
3.4.9 Radio BSS Settings
NOTE: An ES210
Mesh Point can
alternatively support a
single wireless client
STA Interface. (Refer to
Section 3.4.11.)
View the current settings for configured Basic Service Sets
(BSSs) with
show bss:
> show bss
No BSS are configured for radio1
No BSS are configured for radio2
By default there are no BSSs configured on any radio.
You can configure up to four BSSs on an individual Mesh Point
radio with the
add bss command. A maximum total of eight
bridging-enabled BSSs can be present on multi-radio Mesh
Points: a hardware constraint in dual radio models, but a
maximum that must be user-imposed on a four-radio ES2440.
A virtual radio created through channel sharing, as described in
Section 3.3.5, can support only a single bridging BSS.
3.4.9.1 BSS Radio, BSS Name and SSID
NOTE: An SSID
cannot be shared
across multiple BSSs on
the same Mesh Point,
unless channel
sharing
is enabled (refer to Sec-
tion 3.3.5).
The minimum parameters required to create a new BSS are to
identify the radio (
-radio) on which it will be created, name the
BSS (
-name) and provide an SSID of up to 32 characters or
enter
random with the -ssid switch to generate a random 16-
character SSID.
Certain interface names and prefixes, such as
aux and sta_ ,
are reserved for internal use. If the
BSSName you enter is
reserved, the Mesh Point CLI will return an error requiring you
to modify your entry.
# add bss -radio radio1 -name bss1.1 -ssid random
[OK]
The above example creates a BSS with these default settings:
# show bss
RadioName: radio1
Name: bss1.1
Ssid: <randomly generated ssid>
EnableWDS: N
AdminState: enable
AdvertiseSsid: Y
DropBroadcastProbeReq: N
IdleTimeout: 5
Only11g: N