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System Wireless
About FortiWiFi-50B power over ethernet (POE)
System Wireless
This section describes how to configure the Wireless LAN interfaces on FortiWiFi
units.
This section describes:
• About FortiWiFi-50B power over ethernet (POE)
• FortiWiFi wireless interfaces
• Channel assignments
• FortiWiFi-50B, 60A, 60AM, and 60B system wireless settings
• FortiWiFi-60 System wireless settings
• Wireless MAC Filter
• Wireless Monitor
About FortiWiFi-50B power over ethernet (POE)
You can use power over ethernet (POE) technology to provide power and network
connectivity to FortiWiFi-50B units. The FortiWiFi-50B unit is a powered device
(PD) that supports the IEEE 802.3af POE standard.
Connect the FortiWiFi-50B wan1 interface to power sourcing equipment (PSE)
such as a POE ethernet switch to provide power and a network connection for the
FortiWiFi-50B unit. Using POE to provide power to a FortiWiFi-50B unit makes it
easier to deploy the unit in a location where an AC power connection is not
available.
FortiWiFi wireless interfaces
FortiWiFi-50B, 60A, 60AM, and 60B units support up to four wireless interfaces
and four different SSIDs. Each wireless interface should have a different SSID
and each wireless interface can have different security settings. For information
about how to add wireless interfaces, see “Adding a wireless interface to a
FortiWiFi-50B, 60A, 60AM, and 60B unit” on page 122.
You can configure the FortiWiFi unit to:
• Provide an access point that clients with wireless network cards can connect
to. This is called Access Point mode, which is the default mode. FortiWiFi-50B,
60A, 60AM, and 60B wireless access points can include up to 4 wireless
interfaces.
or
• Connect the FortiWiFi unit to another wireless networks. This is called Client
mode. FortiWiFi-50B, 60A, 60AM, and 60B units operating in client mode can
also include up to 4 wireless interfaces.
FortiWiFi units support the following wireless network standards:
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