D-Link DSR-150 [75/274] Creating and using access points

Unified Services Router User Manual

Figure 46: RADIUS server (External Authentication) configuration

4.3 Creating and Using Access Points

Setup > Wireless Settings > Access Points

Once a profile (a group of security settings) is created, it can be assigned to an AP on the router. The

AP SSID can be configured to broadcast its availability to the 802.11 environment can be used to

establish a WLAN network.

The AP configuration page allows you to create a new AP and link to it one of the available profiles.

This router supports multiple AP‘s referred to as virtual access points (VAPs). Each virtual AP that

has a unique SSIDs appears as an independent access point to clients. This valuable feature allows the

router‘s radio to be configured in a way to optimize security and throughput for a group of clients as

required by the user. To create a VAP, click the ―add‖ button on the Setup > Wireless Settings >

Access Points page. After setting the AP name, the profile dropdown menu is used to select one of

the configured profiles.

 The AP Name is a unique identifier used to manage the AP from the GUI, and is not the SSID that

is detected by clients when the AP has broadcast enabled.