User Guide

242 Configuring AP access points
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• Clear SSID—Clients using this SSID do not use encryption. Use the clear SSID for public access to nonsecure
portions of your network.
All AP access point models except AP-101 and AP-122 can support up to 32 SSIDs per radio. Each SSID can be
encrypted or clear, and beaconing can be enabled or disabled on an individual SSID basis.
Each radio has 32 MAC addresses and can therefore support up to 32 SSIDs, with one MAC address assigned to each
SSID as its BSSID. An AP access port's MAC address block is listed on a label on the back of the access port. If the AP
is already deployed and running on the network, you can display the MAC address assignments by using the show {ap |
dap} status command.
All MAC addresses on an AP are assigned based on the AP’s base MAC address, as described in Table 9 on page 242.
Models AP-101 and AP-122 are assigned blocks of four MAC addresses each. Each radio on models AP-101 and
AP-122 is assigned one MAC address, which is shared by both the clear SSID and the encrypted SSID.
Encryption
Encrypted SSIDs can use the following encryption methods:
Table 9: MAC Address Allocations on AP access ports
AP access port All models
• The AP has a base MAC address. All the other addresses are
assigned based on this address.
Ethernet Ports All models
• Ethernet port 1 equals the AP base MAC address.
• Ethernet port 2 (if the AP model has one) equals the AP base
MAC address + 1.
Radios and
SSIDs
AP-2330
AP-233x
AP-233x
AP-233x
AP-233x
• The 802.11b/g radio equals the AP base MAC address.
• The BSSIDs for the SSIDs configured on the 802.11b/g radio
end in even numbers. The first BSSID is equal to the AP’s
base MAC address. The next BSSID is equal to the AP’s base
MAC address + 2, and so on.
• The 802.11a radio equals the AP base MAC address + 1.
• The BSSIDs for the SSIDs configured on the 802.11a radio
end in odd numbers. The first BSSID is equal to the AP’s base
MAC address + 1. The next BSSID is equal to the AP’s base
MAC address + 3, and so on.
AP-341
AP-241
• The radio equals the AP base MAC address.
• The BSSIDs for the SSIDs configured on the radio end in
even numbers. The first BSSID is equal to the AP’s base
MAC address. The next BSSID is equal to the AP’s base
MAC address + 2, and so on.
AP-122
• The 802.11b radio equals the base MAC address, for both the
clear and encrypted SSIDs.
• The 802.11a radio equals the base address + 1, for both the
clear and encrypted SSIDs.
AP-101
• The radio equals the base MAC address, for both the clear and
encrypted SSIDs.