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Interface Setup

The Access Point has three interfaces: the wired Ethernet connection, and two wireless LAN PC card slots. Each interface can be configured individually in Interface Configuration mode. The wired interface command set is slightly different than the wireless interfaces. Commands pertaining to wireless devices only (such as frequency channel) are not in the wired interface command set.

To enable an interface, use the no shutdown command.

Remote & Local Interfaces

An interface can be set as either remote or local. This is used for Ethernet address filtering purposes.

If an interface is considered remote, all packets received on that interface are compared with the remote addresses in the filtering rules. If an interface is considered local, all packets received on that interface are compared with the local addresses in the filtering rules. (See the access-list ethernet address commands.)

To set an interface as local or remote, enter Interface Configuration mode for that interface and use the remote or local command.

Hostname(config)#interface 1
Hostname(config-if)#remote
Hostname(config-if)#

Wireless LAN Network Name

Use the encapsulation 802.11 access-point command to set the network name.

The Network Name is used in standard wireless LAN 802.11 networks to distinguish stations in your 802.11 network from stations that belong to a neighboring network.

The value used for the 802.11 interface on this Access Point should be the same for all wireless stations in the 802.11 network. If you use the closed option, only stations configured with the proper Network Name will be able to connect to the Access Point's wireless Interface.

The Network Name can be any alphanumeric string in the range of “a” to “z”, “A” to “Z” and “0” to “9”, and can contain from 1 to 32 characters. If you wish to allow access to the wireless network to be open to all wireless stations, the command should be set with the open option.

Hostname(config)#interface 2
Hostname(config-if)#encapsulation 802.11 access-point open new-network-name
Hostname(config-if)#encapsulation 802.11 access-point closed new-network-name

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