D-Link DWS-1008 User Manual
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Disabling or Reenabling Beaconing of an SSID
To specify whether the SSID is beaconed, use the following command:
set service-profile
name
beacon {enable | disable}
SSIDs are beaconed by default.
An AP radio responds to an 802.11 probe any request only for a beaconed SSID. A client that sends
a probe any request receives a separate response for each of the beaconed SSIDs supported by a
radio. For a nonbeaconed SSID, radios respond only to directed 802.11 probe requests that match the
nonbeaconed SSID’s SSID string.
When you disable beaconing for an SSID, the radio still sends beacon frames, but the SSID name in
the frames is blank.
Changing the Fallthru Authentication Type
By default, MSS denies access to users who do not match an 802.1X or MAC authentication rule, and
therefore
fall through
these authentication types. You can change the
fallthru
method to last-resort or
web-portal.
To change the fallthru method, use the following command:
set service-profile
name
auth-fallthru {last-resort | none | web-portal}
Changing Transmit Rates
Each type of radio (802.11b and 802.11g) that provides service to an SSID has a set of rates the radio
is allowed to use for sending beacons, multicast frames, and unicast data. The rate set also specifies
the rates clients must support in order to associate with a radio. The table below lists the rate settings
and their defaults.
Parameter
Default Value
Description
mandatory
• 11b - 1.0,2.0
• 11g - 1.0,2.0,5.5,11.0
Set of data transmission rates that clients are required to support
in order to associate with an SSID on an AP radio. A client must
support at least one of the mandatory rates.
These rates are advertised in the basic rate set of 802.11 beacons,
probe responses, and reassociation response frames sent by AP
radios.
Data frames and management frames sent by AP radios use one of
the specified mandatory rates.
The valid rates depend on the radio type:
• 11b - 1, 2, 5.5, 11
• 11g - 1, 2, 5.5, 6, 9, 11, 12, 18, 24, 36, 48, 54
Use a comma to separate multiple rates; for example: 6.0,9.0,12.0
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