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WS 2000 Wireless Switch System Reference Guide9-22
Configuring the Cafe WLAN
Clarisa clicks the button to the left of the Wireless menu item in the left menu. It opens up to show the individual WLANs.
She selects the third WLAN. This is the WLAN which she plans to use for the cafe WLAN.
The WLAN name is used with in the WS 2000 configuration screens to make the interface easier to navigate. She names
this WLAN from “WLAN3” to “Cafe”. She also gives it an ESSID of “CCC-Cafe”. The ESSID is broadcast to the users and
will be what the cafe users see when they select a wireless network on their laptops. Finally, she uses the Subnet pull-down
menu to make this WLAN part of the third subnet, the “Cafesn” subnet.
She leaves the Disallow MU to MU communications option unchecked. She is certain that some cafe users will want
to communicate between themselves, so she does not choose the Disallow.
She turns on Answer Broadcast ESS for this WLAN. Some mobile units come with a default ESSID of “101”. This option
allows the WLAN to respond to these mobile units even if the WLAN is set up with a different ESSID. Since the cafe is a
public access WLAN, leaving this option on will make it easier for the cafe customer to associate with the WLAN. For the
private WLANs on this switch, she will turn this option off.
She clicks the Apply button to save her choices.