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EnRoute50x/51x User’s Guide
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Each access point can be configured with a different ESSID. This allows network
traffic to be separated based on ESSID. Assigning unique ESSIDs to the access
points in a mesh has the benefit of allowing a user to configure a client device to
connect to a specific node in the mesh. Typically a mesh will be deployed with the
access point ESSIDs having the same set of values for each EnRoute500 in order to
support seamless roaming.
The ESSID value must be a text string that has a maximum length of 32 characters. It must
only contain alphanumeric characters, spaces, dashes (“-“), and underscores (“_”).The ESSID
setting is case sensitive.
It is possible to hide an AP ESSID by restricting it from being broadcast. Whether it is
appropriate for an AP ESSID to be hidden depends on the application.
CLI
The access point ESSID is set as shown in the example below. When setting an ESSID that
contains spaces, the ESSID value must be enclosed by quotes – the quotes are optional
otherwise.
> use wlan1
wlan1> set essid=”wlan1_ap”
The broadcast of the ESSID can be controlled with the „hide_essid‟ parameter in the „wlanN‟
interface. The example below shows how hiding of the ESSID can be enabled.
> use wlan1
wlan1> set hide_essid=yes
Web GUI
The access point ESSIDs and its broadcast state can be set via the web interface using the
appropriate “wlanN” tab on the “Wireless Interfaces” page (see Figure 32).
9.6 IP Configuration for Nodes and Their Clients
The access point interfaces allow client devices to connect to access the mesh network. The
client devices can either be assigned their IP configuration using DHCP or be manually
configured.