Setting up two SSIDs on Airnet 1240AG AP

[djdavid60]

Hi,

I have a Airnet 1240AG and have our main SSID set up on Radio0-802.11G. It uses WPA TKIP. Everything works fine on it. Recently we have been getting a lot of visitors who need wireless access, so reather than hand out our main key to visitors, I decided to create another SSID on Radio1-802.11A for guests. For some reason the new SSID does not show up on the available networks on client devices. You can connect to it manually by entering the name and key. But how do I get the SSID to broadcast on the 2nd SSID. A lot of these guests are not very computer smart, so it becomes a real pain to have to walk them through connecting to the guest network. Any ideas?

Thanks...

Doug

[Leo Laohoo]

For some reason the new SSID does not show up on the available networks on client devices. You can connect to it manually by entering the name and key.

Maybe broadcast SSID is not enabled.  Try the following below:

dot11 ssid BADDABING

mbssid guest-mode

interface Dot11Radio1

mbssid

[djdavid60]

Leolaohoo,

Thanks for the reply. In the web admin, setting the SSID to Guest mode and configuring a MBSSID requires VLANs. I don't have VLANs configured. But one odd thing we notice is that the 2nd SSID appears in the available networks list on most of our laptops in the office, but doesn't appear on guests laptops. It also doesn't appear on iPads or smart phones, but if it doesn't appear in the list on the ipad, you can manually enter it in and it will connect. I don't get it.

Doug

[Leo Laohoo]

But one odd thing we notice is that the 2nd SSID appears in the available networks list on most of our laptops in the office, but doesn't appear on guests laptops.

Ok.  The magic phrase is "2nd SSID appears in the available networks list on most of our laptops in the office" and "but doesn't appear on guests laptops".  My guess is the SSID "appears" in your office laptops because someone's manually configured the 2nd SSID (which is not broadcasting).  It doesn't appear on the guests' laptops and smartphones because they aren't configured.