DescriptionWhat is Shared BSSID and Per-station BSSID?
ScopeKB Article Type:
External
Related
Products: Controller,
AP
Related Software
Versions:
Any
Keywords: Shared BSSID,
Per-station BSSID, Virtual Cell, Virtual
Port
SolutionVirtual
Cell
In Meru
virtual cell technology, Shared BSSID (also called
as Parent BSSID) means that there will be a common BSSID
for an ESS for a particular SSID, which is broadcasted by all the AP's
on the network, provided these parameters should remain the same on all
the AP's ( AP model should be the same)
> Operating
channel should be same
> Channel width
>
RF band b/bg/bgn/a/an/ac
> MIMO
> RF
virtualization
mode
Exception:
Starting from SD 7.x, for 11ac AP's alone, channel width is
not considered.
Virtual
port:
Per-station BSSID (also called as
child BSSID) means for each client connecting to the WLAN,
will have a separate BSSID generated by the AP, and broadcasted by that
particular AP on which the client is connected. The Child BSSID will be
the same across all the AP's for the same BSSID and is a combination of
Parent BSSID and Client MAC
For
example:
BSSID: 00:0c:e6:aa:bb:cc
Client
MAC: c0:ee:fb:xx:yy:zz
CSSID:
aa:bb:cc:xx:yy:cc
Exception(s):
(a)AP300's and AP400's support
virtual port
(b) From SD 8.0 there is no
support for AP300's
