Broadcasting more SSIDs in 1242ag autonomous

Hi,
i have 1242ag series autonomous AP.
I want to broadcast more than one SSID.
pls tell me the step by step approach by considering that i am new to the concepts of radio a g etc.

Hi Vishal,
the configuration you need is the MBSSID, described here:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/wireless/access_point/12.4_10b_JA/configuration/guide/scg12410b-chap7-mbssid.html
The step-by-step instructions from both GUI and CLI are described at this paragraph:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/wireless/access_point/12.4_10b_JA/configuration/guide/scg12410b-chap7-mbssid.html#wp1050212
In a nutshell, from CLI, you enable "mbssid" under the dot11radio[0|1]:
ap(config)# interface d0
ap(config-if)# mbssid
ap(config-if)# exit
Then, you add the "mbssid guest-mode" within the SSID config:
ap(config)# dot11 ssid visitor
ap(config-ssid)# mbssid guest-mode dtim-period 75
ap(config-ssid)# exit
Then you enable the SSID on the dot11radio interface:
ap(config)# interface d0
ap(config-if)# ssid visitor
I hope this helps.
Regards,
Federico
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