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Requirements for roaming – ZyXEL Communications P-334W User Manual

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Prestige 334W User’s Guide

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Wireless Configuration and Roaming

7.4.1 Requirements for Roaming

The following requirements must be met in order for wireless stations to roam between the coverage areas.

1. All the access points must be on the same subnet and configured with the same ESSID.
2. If IEEE 802.1x user authentication is enabled and to be done locally on the access point, the new

access point must have the user profile for the wireless station.

3. The adjacent access points should use different radio channels when their coverage areas overlap.
4. All access points must use the same port number to relay roaming information.
5. The access points must be connected to the Ethernet and be able to get IP addresses from a DHCP

server if using dynamic IP address assignment.

To enable roaming on your Prestige, click the WIRELESS link under ADVANCED and then the Roaming
tab. The screen appears as shown.

Figure 7-7 Roaming

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 7-2 Roaming

LABEL DESCRIPTION

Active

Select Yes from the drop-down list box to enable roaming on the Prestige if you have two
or more Prestiges on the same subnet.

All APs on the same subnet and the wireless stations must have

the same ESSID to allow roaming.