User's Manual

EnRoute500 User’s Guide
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wlan1> set channel=6
The access point channel can be set via the web interface using the appropriate “wlanN” tab
on the “Wireless Interfaces” page (see Figure 32).
9.5 ESSID
The ESSID, or Extended Service Set Identifier, is used in 802.11 communication to identify a
particular network. It is used to differentiate logical networks that operate on the same channel.
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 though.
This has the benefit of allowing client devices to connect to any node in the network
without having to be reconfigured.
The access point ESSID is set as shown in the example below. 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.
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
The access point ESSIDs 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
When an EnRoute500 is configured as a repeater, the access point interfaces allow client
devices to connect to it to access the mesh network. These client devices can either be
assigned their IP configuration using DHCP or be manually configured.