Guidelines For Using Multiple Bssids; Cli Configuration Example; Displaying Configured Bssids - Cisco C3201FESMIC-TP= - 3201 Fast EN Switch Mobile Interface Card Expansion Module Software Configuration Manual

Configuring Multiple Basic SSIDs
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Guidelines for Using Multiple BSSIDs

Keep these guidelines in mind when configuring multiple BSSIDs:
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CLI Configuration Example

This example shows the commands that you can use on the command-line interface (CLI) to enable
multiple BSSIDs on a radio interface, create an SSID called visitor, designate the SSID as a BSSID,
specify that the BSSID is included in beacons, set a DTIM period for the BSSID, and assign the SSID
visitor to the radio interface.
Use the dot11 mbssid command in global configuration mode to simultaneously enable multiple
BSSIDs on all radio interfaces that support multiple BSSIDs.
ap(config)# configure terminal
ap(config)# dot11 mbssid
ap(config)# dot11 ssid visitor
ap(config-ssid)# mbssid guest-mode dtim-period 75
ap(config-ssid)# exit
ap(config)# interface d0
ap(config-if)# ssid visitor
You can also use the mbssid command in configuration interface mode to enable multiple BSSIDs on an
access point radio interface. This example shows how to enable multiple BSSIDs on a radio interface:
ap(config)# interface d0
ap(config-if)# mbssid
ap(config-if)# exit

Displaying Configured BSSIDs

Use the show dot11 bssid command in privileged EXEC mode to display the relationship between
SSIDs and BSSIDs or MAC addresses. This example shows the command output:
AP1230# show dot11 bssid
Interface
Dot11Radio1
Dot11Radio0
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Access points must contain a radio that supports multiple BSSIDs. To determine whether a radio
supports multiple basic SSIDs, enter the show controllers radio_interface command. The radio
supports multiple basic SSIDs if the results include this line:
Number of supported simultaneous BSSID on radio_interface : 8
RADIUS-assigned VLANs are not supported when you enable multiple BSSIDs.
When you enable BSSIDs, the access point automatically maps a BSSID to each SSID. You cannot
manually map a BSSID to a specific SSID.
When multiple BSSIDs are enabled on the access point, the Service Set Identification List
information element (SSIDL IE) does not contain a list of SSIDs; it contains only extended
capabilities.
Any Wi-Fi certified client device can associate to an access point using multiple BSSIDs.
You can enable multiple BSSIDs on access points that participate in WDS.
BSSID
0011.2161.b7c0
0005.9a3e.7c0f
Guest SSID
Yes atlantic
Yes WPA2-TLS-g
Service Set Identifiers