D-Link DWS-4026 [543/741] Wireless default vap configuration

BasicSetup

D-Link UnifiedWiredandWirelessAccessSystem

November2011 Page543

D‐LinkUWSUserManual

• Clear—Resetsthesettingsonthepagetothedefaultvalues.

• Submit—Updatestheswitchwiththevaluesyouenter.Toretainthenewvaluesacrossapowercycle,you

mustperformasaveontheWLANswitch(nottheAP).

• Next—NavigatestothenextpageintheBasicSetupconfiguration.An

ychangesyoumadetothecurrent

pagearesavedtotherunningconfiguration(butnotstartupconfiguration)beforethenextpageis

displayed.

WirelessDefaultVAPConfiguration

TheSSIDtabdisplaysthevirtualaccesspoint(VAP)settingsassociatedwiththedefaultAPprofile.EachVAP

hasanassociatednetwork,whichisidentifiedbyitsnetworknumberandServiceSetIdentifier(SSID).Youcan

configureandenableupto16VAPsperradiooneachphysicalaccesspoint.

Figure361:VA

PSettings

VAPssegmentthewirelessLANintomultiplebroadcastdomainsthatarethewirelessequivalentofEthernet

VLANs.Toawirelessclient,eachVAPappearstobeasinglephysicalaccesspoint.However,sincetheVAPsuse

thesamechannel,thereisnoriskofRFinterferenceamongthenetworkstha

tareonasingleAP.

VAPscanhelpyoumaintainbettercontroloverbroadcastandmulticasttraffic,whichaffectsnetwork

performance.YoucanalsoconfiguredifferentsecuritymechanismsforeachVAP.

AVAPisa physicalentity.EachVAPmapsdirectlytoaMACaddress.Anetworkisalogicalen

titythatyouapply

toaVAP.NetworksareidentifiedbyanetworknumberandanassociatedSSID.TheSSIDdoesnotneedtobe

uniqueforeachnetwork.Youcancreateandmodifyanetworkinoneplaceandapplythenetworktooneor

moreVAPasneeded.Th

isallowsyoutomixnetworkswithindifferentprofileswithouthavingtoreconfigure

everything.WhenyoueditanetworkconfigurationthatisappliedtomorethanoneVAP,youedititforevery

VAPthatusesthenetwork.

ManagingtheVirtualAccessPointConfiguration

TheDefaultAPprofilehasoneVAPoneachradioenabledbydefault.ThedefaultVAPusesthedlink1SSID,and

thereisnosecuritytopreventwirelessclientsfromassociatingwiththeVAP .ToenableadditionalVAPs,select

thecheckboxnexttotheVAP.OnceyouenableaVAP ,yo

ucanselectthenetwork(SSID)tousefromthedrop‐

downmenu.TochangeNetworksettings,clickEdit.