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TRENDnet User's Guide Virtual AP Overview The administrator can view all of the Virtual AP's settings via this page. Please click on Wireless -> Virtual AP Setup and the Virtual AP Overview Page appears.  VAP : Indicate the system's Virtual AP.  ESSID : Indicate the ESSID of the respective Virtual AP  MAC Address : The MAC address of the VAP Interface is displayed here. When you enable AP and reboot system, the MAC address will display here.  Status : Indicate the Status of the respective Virtual AP. The Primary AP always on.  Security Type : Indicate an used security type of the respective Virtual AP.  MAC Filter : Indicate an used MAC filter of the respective Virtual AP.  Edit : Click Edit button to configure Virtual AP's settings, including security type and MAC Filter. Virtual AP Setup For each Virtual AP, administrators can configure SSID, VLAN tag(ID), SSID broadcasting, Maximum number of client associations, security type settings. Click Edit button on the Edit column, and then a Virtual AP setup page appears. © Copyright 2012TRENDnet. All Rights Reserved. TEW-676APBO  Enable AP : By default, it's "Disable" for VAP1 ~ VAP6. The Primary AP always enabled. Select "Enable" to activate VAP or click "Disable" to deactivate this function  ESSID : Extended Service Set ID, When clients are browsing for available wireless networks, this is the SSID that will appear in the list. ESSID will determine the service type available to AP's clients associated with the specified VAP.  Client Isolation : Select Enable, all clients will be isolated from each other, that means all clients cannot reach to other clients. Below Figures depict Client Isolation and AP Isolation VAP0 Cllent Isolation VAP1 VAP2 AP Isolation  Hidden SSID : By default, it's "Disable". Enable this option to stop the SSID broadcast in your network. When disabled, people could easily obtain the SSID information with the site survey software and get access to the network if security is not turned on. When enabled, network security is enhanced. It's suggested to enable it after AP security settings are archived and setting of AP clients could make to associate to it.  Maximum Clients : The default value is 32. You can enter the number of wireless clients that can associate to a particular SSID. When the number of client is set to 5, only 5 clients at most are allowed to connect to this VAP.  VLAN Tag(ID) : By default, it's selected "Disable". This system supports tagged Virtual LAN(VLAN). A valid number of 1 to 4094 can be entered after it's enabled. If your network utilize VLANs you could tie a VLAN Tag to a specific SSID, and packets from/to wireless clients belonging to that SSID will be tagged with that VLAN Tag. This enables security of wireless applications by applying VLAN Tag. 21

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© Copyright 2012TRENDnet. All Rights Reserved.
TRENDnet User’s Guide
TEW-676APBO
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Virtual AP Overview
The administrator can view all of the Virtual AP's settings via this page.
Please click on
Wireless -> Virtual AP Setup
and the Virtual AP Overview Page appears.
VAP :
Indicate the system's Virtual AP.
ESSID :
Indicate the ESSID of the respective Virtual AP
MAC Address :
The MAC address of the VAP Interface is displayed here. When you
enable AP and reboot system, the MAC address will display here.
Status :
Indicate the Status of the respective Virtual AP. The
Primary AP
always on.
Security Type :
Indicate an used security type of the respective Virtual AP.
MAC Filter :
Indicate an used MAC filter of the respective Virtual AP.
Edit :
Click
Edit
button to configure Virtual AP's settings, including security type and
MAC Filter.
Virtual AP Setup
For each Virtual AP, administrators can configure SSID, VLAN tag(ID), SSID broadcasting,
Maximum number of client associations, security type settings.
Click
Edit
button on the Edit column, and then a Virtual AP setup page appears.
Enable AP :
By default, it’s “
Disable
” for VAP1 ~ VAP6.
The Primary AP always
enabled
.
Select “
Enable
” to activate VAP or click “
Disable
” to deactivate this function
ESSID :
Extended
Service Set ID, When clients are browsing for available wireless
networks, this is the SSID that will appear in the list. ESSID will determine the
service type available to AP's clients associated with the specified VAP.
Client Isolation :
Select
Enable
, all clients will be isolated from each other, that
means all clients cannot reach to other clients. Below Figures depict Client Isolation
and AP Isolation
Hidden SSID :
By default, it’s “
Disable
”
.
Enable this option to stop the SSID broadcast in your network. When disabled,
people could easily obtain the SSID information with the site survey software and
get access to the network if security is not turned on. When enabled, network
security is enhanced. It’s suggested to enable it after AP security settings are
archived and setting of AP clients could make to associate to it.
Maximum Clients :
The default value is
32
. You can enter the number of wireless
clients that can associate to a particular SSID. When the number of client is set to 5,
only 5 clients at most are allowed to connect to this VAP.
VLAN Tag(ID) :
By default, it’s selected “
Disable
”.
This system supports tagged Virtual LAN(VLAN). A valid number of
1
to
4094
can be
entered after it’s enabled. If your network utilize VLANs you could tie a VLAN Tag to
a specific SSID, and packets from/to wireless clients belonging to that SSID will be
tagged with that VLAN Tag. This enables security of wireless applications by
applying VLAN Tag.
VAP1
VAP0
VAP2
Cllent Isolation
AP Isolation