Virtual Access Point Configuration Overview

Configure the following options for each virtual access point:

• SSID—Name for the wireless network. The SSID is broadcast by the access point by default.
• VLAN ID—VLAN ID that the access point adds to wireless client traffic. You can configure each virtual access point to use a different VLAN or you can configure multiple virtual access points to use the same VLAN. If clients authenticate with a RADIUS server, the server can return the VLAN ID for the client traffic.
• Client security options—For each virtual access point, you can configure the client security to control wireless client access.

• (Optional) No broadcasting of the SSID—Disable virtual access point responses to probes broadcast by wireless clients.
• (Optional) HTTP redirect—Redirect the user’s first HTTP access to a specified webpage.

Note: Applying changes to the virtual access point configuration might cause the access point to stop and restart system processes. If this happens, wireless clients that are connected to the access point will temporarily lose connectivity. We recommend that you change the virtual access point configuration when WLAN traffic is low.

Related Topics

• Understanding SSIDs
• Understanding Virtual Access Points and VLANs
• Understanding Client Security
• Understanding Key Refresh
• Understanding MAC Authentication
• Understanding HTTP Redirect