Brocade Mobility 7131 Access Point Product Reference Guide (Supporting software release 4.4.0.0 and later) - Manual (Page 153)

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CAUTION
A WLAN cannot be enabled for both mesh and hotspot support at the same time. Only one of
these two options can be enabled at one time, as the GUI and CLI will prevent both from being
enabled.
NOTE
If 802.11a/n is selected as the radio used for the WLAN, the WLAN cannot use a Kerberos supported
security policy.
4. Configure the Security field as required to set the data protection requirements for the WLAN.
ESSID Enter the Extended Services Set Identification (ESSID) associated with the WLAN. The
WLAN name is auto-generated using the ESSID until changed by the user. The maximum
number of characters that can be used for the ESSID is 32. Do not use any of the following
characters for an ESSID < > | " & \ ? ,
Name Define or revise the name for the WLAN. The name should be logical representation of
WLAN coverage area (engineering, marketing etc.). The maximum number of characters
that can be used for the name is 31.
Available On Use the Available On checkboxes to define whether the WLAN you are creating or editing
is available to clients on either the 802.11a/n or 802.11b/g/n radio (or both radios). The
Available On checkbox should only be selected for a mesh WLAN if this target access point
is to be configured as a base bridge or repeater (base and client bridge) on the radio. If the
radio for the WLAN is to be defined as a client bridge only, the Available On checkbox
should not be selected
. For more information on defining a WLAN for mesh support, see
Configuring a WLAN for Mesh Networking Support on page 9-449.
Max MUs Use the Max MUs field to define the number of MUs permitted to interoperate within the
new or revised WLAN. The maximum (and default) is 127. However, each access point can
only support a maximum 127 MUs spanned across its 16 available WLANs. If you intend to
define numerous WLANs, ensure each is using a portion of the 127 available MUs and the
sum of the supported MUs across all WLANs does not exceed 127.
MU Idle Timeout Set an MU Idle Timeout the access point uses to timeout
idle mobile units from WLAN inclusion. When exceeded, the MU must re-establish its
credentials to assume operation within the WLAN. Set a value between 1 - 65535 minutes.
the default value is 30 minutes.
Enable Client Bridge
Backhaul Select the Enable Client Bridge Backhaul
checkbox to make the WLAN available in the
WLAN drop-down menu within the Radio Configuration screen. This checkbox can be
ignored for WLANs not supporting mesh networking, to purposely exclude them from the
list of WLANs available in the Radio Configuration page selected specifically for mesh
networking support. Only WLANs defined for mesh networking support should have this
checkbox selected.
Enable Hotspot Select the Enable Hotspot checkbox to allow this WLAN (whether it be a new or existing
WLAN) to be configured for hotspot support. Clicking the Configure Hotspot button
launches a screen wherein the parameters of the hotspot can be defined. For information
on configuring a target WLAN for hotspot support, see Configuring WLAN Hotspot Support
on page 5-152. For an overview of what a hotspot is and what it can provide your wireless
network, see Hotspot Support on page 1-20.