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Cisco Small Business WAP551 and WAP561 Wireless-N Access Point 70
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The SSID can be any alphanumeric, case-sensitive entry from 2 to 32 characters.
The printable characters plus the space (ASCII 0x20) are allowed, but these six
characters are not:
?, ", $, [, \, ], and +.
The allowable characters are:
ASCII 0x20, 0x21, 0x23, 0x25 through 0x2A, 0x2C through 0x3E, 0x40
through 0x5A, 0x5E through 0x7E.
In addition, these three characters cannot be the first character:
!, #, and ; (ASCII 0x21, 0x23, and 0x3B, respectively).
Trailing and leading spaces (ASCII 0x20) are not permitted.
NOTE This means that spaces are allowed within the SSID, but not as the first or last
character, and the period "." (ASCII 0x2E) is also allowed.
Each VAP is associated with a VLAN, which is identified by a VLAN ID (VID). A VID
can be any value from 1 to 4094, inclusive. The WAP551 and WAP561 devices
support 17 active VLANs (16 for WLAN plus one management VLAN).
By default, the VID assigned to the configuration utility for the WAP device is 1,
which is also the default untagged VID. If the management VID is the same as the
VID assigned to a VAP, then the WLAN clients associated with this specific VAP
can administer the WAP device. If needed, an access control list (ACL) can be
created to disable administration from WLAN clients.
To configure VAPs:
STEP 1 Select Wireless > Networks in the navigation pane.
STEP 2 For WAP561 devices, select the Radio interface on which you want to configure
VAPs (Radio 1 or Radio 2).
STEP 3 Select the Enabled check box for the VAP you want to configure.
—Or—
If VAP0 is the only VAP configured on the system, and you want to add a VAP, click
Add. Then, select the VAP and click Edit.
STEP 4 Configure the parameters:
• VLAN ID—The VID of the VLAN to associate with the VAP.