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Configuring Multiple SSIDs Chapter 8
7. (Optional) Designate the SSID as your access point guest-mode SSID.
The access point includes the SSID in its beacon and allows associations
from client devices that don’t specify an SSID.
guest-mode
8. This command controls the SSID that access points and bridges use when
associating with one another. A root access point only lets a repeater access
point to associate by using the infrastructure SSID.
A root bridge only lets a non-root bridge to associate by using the
infrastructure SSID. Repeater access points and non-root bridges use this
SSID to associate with root devices.
The access point and bridge GUI requires the configuration of
infrastructure-ssid for repeater, and non-root bridge roles. It is not
mandatory to configure infrastructure SSID for workgroup bridge roles.
However, if you use CLI to configure the device role, you don’t have to
configure an infrastructure SSID unless multiple SSIDs are configured on
the radio. If multiple SSIDs are configured on the radio, you must use the
infrastructure-ssid command to specify the SSID the non-root
bridge uses to connect to the root bridge.
However, from 12.4(21a)JA1 and 12.3(8)JEC release onwards, repeaters
don’t associate with bridges when infrastructure-ssid is not configured
irrespective of the presence of single or multiple SSIDs.
infrastructure-ssid [optional]
9. Enter interface configuration mode for the radio interface that you want to
assign to the SSID.
interface dot11radio { 0 | 1 }
• The 2.4 GHz radio and the 2.4 GHz 802.11n radio is 0.
• The 5 GHz radio and the 5 GHz 802.11n radio is 1.
10. Assign the global SSID that you created in step 2
to the radio interface.
ssid ssid-string
11. Return to privileged EXEC mode.
end
12. (Optional) Save your entries in the configuration file.
copy running-config startup-config
IMPORTANT
You use the ssid command authentication options to configure an
authentication type for each SSID. See Configure an Access Point as a Local
Authenticator on page 319 for instructions on configuring authentication
types.
When you enable guest SSID mode for the 802.11g radio it applies to the
802.11b radio as well because 802.11b and 802.11g operate in the same
2.4Ghz band.