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Configuring the Extricom WLAN System
Field
Description
Allow Inter-Ess
Forward
If this option is
enabled
, two wireless devices
connected to the Extricom WLAN with different
SSIDs will be able to communicate with each other
without going through a router. Traffic between
wireless devices will not be forwarded to the LAN
switch.
This option must be enabled on both SSIDs.
In order for wireless devices, associated to
different SSIDs, to be able to communicate
with each other the SSIDs must be defined
on the same VLAN (or no VLAN at all).
If this option is
disabled
, all traffic goes through the
LAN switch. This could be used by IT managers to
apply security settings or various policies in the
LAN network.
VLAN
Enter a VLAN tag to assign to the SSID. Assigning
a VLAN to an SSID enables you to control a
wireless devices’ privileges through the existing
wired network definitions.
Disassociation
Timeout
Enter the amount of time (in seconds) a wireless
device can remain inactive (no data sent to or from
the wireless device) before automatically
disconnecting from the network.
DTIM Period
The period of time(in beacon intervals) after which
broadcast and multicast packets are transmitted to
mobile wireless device in the Active Power
Management mode.
Select the DTIM period for the selected SSID. This
is relevant for wireless devices that want to utilize
the power management capability. The possible
values are 1-5. The default is 3.
The remaining parameters in the
SSID & Security
page are described in
Configuring
Security Definitions
on page 31).
3.
Click
Update
to save the configuration.
The new configuration only takes affect after rebooting the switch (refer to
Rebooting the Extricom Switch
on page 37).
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