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Insight Instant AirBridge WBC502 User Manual Setting Description BSSID If you want the client bridge to connect to a particular access point, select the Preferred BSSID check box and enter the basic service set ID (BSSID) of the access point in the format of a MAC address. (The access point can be an AirBridge or another type of access point.) The BSSID is usually the MAC address of the radio on the access point that broadcasts the SSID. SSID In the SSID field, enter the service set ID (SSID), that is, the name of the WiFi network with which the client bridge must connect. Security Mode From the Security Mode menu, select the same security mode that is defined on the access point. You can select WPA2-PSK or WPA2-Enterprise for the connection to the selected SSID. For information about WPA2-Enterprise, see Set up WPA2-Enterprise security on a satellite or client bridge on page 84. Encryption If you select WPA2-PSK from the Security Mode menu, this field is fixed at AES. You cannot select another option. Passphrase If you select WPA2-PSK from the Security Mode menu, enter the passphrase (network key or WiFi password). The length of the passphrase must be from 8 to 63 characters. You must enter the same passphrase that is defined on the access point so that the client bridge can connect to the access point. 7. Click the Save button. Your settings are saved but not yet applied. The page closes. The Wireless Settings page displays again. A pop-up window opens. The window shows the number of changes to be applied. 8. In the pop-up window, click the Apply button. Your changes are applied. If the WiFi link must be reestablished, the page displays the number of seconds before the AirBridge is back online. Change or configure a 5 GHz SSID for an access point Use this task if the operation mode of the AirBridge is Access Point. When you performed the initial configuration on the Day Zero Easy Setup page, you were required to change the name of the default 5 GHz SSID. If you kept WPA2-PSK as the WiFi security, you were also required to change the passphrase. The access point can support up to eight 5 GHz SSIDs. You can enable and configure a new 5 GHz SSID, or change such a 5 GHz SSID if you previously enabled it. Manage the WiFi and Radio 76 Features User Manual

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Description
Setting
If you want the client bridge to connect to a particular access point, select the
Preferred
BSSID
check box and enter the basic service set ID (BSSID) of the access point in the format
of a MAC address. (The access point can be an AirBridge or another type of access point.)
The BSSID is usually the MAC address of the radio on the access point that broadcasts the
SSID.
BSSID
In the
SSID
field, enter the service set ID (SSID), that is, the name of the WiFi network with
which the client bridge must connect.
SSID
From the
Security Mode
menu, select the same security mode that is defined on the access
point. You can select
WPA2-PSK
or
WPA2-Enterprise
for the connection to the selected
SSID.
For information about WPA2-Enterprise, see Set
up
WPA2-Enterprise
security
on
a
satellite
or
client
bridge
on page 84.
Security Mode
If you select
WPA2-PSK
from the
Security Mode
menu, this field is fixed at AES. You cannot
select another option.
Encryption
If you select
WPA2-PSK
from the
Security Mode
menu, enter the passphrase (network
key or WiFi password). The length of the passphrase must be from 8 to 63 characters.
You must enter the same passphrase that is defined on the access point so that the client
bridge can connect to the access point.
Passphrase
7.
Click the
Save
button.
Your settings are saved but not yet applied. The page closes. The Wireless Settings
page displays again.
A pop-up window opens. The window shows the number of changes to be applied.
8.
In the pop-up window, click the
Apply
button.
Your changes are applied. If the WiFi link must be reestablished, the page displays
the number of seconds before the AirBridge is back online.
Change or configure a 5 GHz SSID for an access point
Use this task if the operation mode of the AirBridge is Access Point.
When you performed the initial configuration on the Day Zero Easy Setup page, you
were required to change the name of the default 5 GHz SSID. If you kept WPA2-PSK as
the WiFi security, you were also required to change the passphrase.
The access point can support up to eight 5 GHz SSIDs. You can enable and configure
a new 5 GHz SSID, or change such a 5 GHz SSID if you previously enabled it.
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Manage the WiFi and Radio
Features
Insight Instant AirBridge WBC502 User Manual