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Table 10 Defaults for Service Profile Parameters (continued)

 

 

Radio Behavior When Parameter

Parameter

Default Value

Set to Default Value

 

 

 

auth-fallthru

web-auth

Uses WebAAA for users who do not

 

 

match an 802.1X or MAC

 

 

authentication rule for the SSID

 

 

requested by the user.

auth-psk

disable

Does not support using a preshared key

 

 

(PSK) to authenticate WPA clients.

beacon

enable

Sends beacons to advertise the SSID

 

 

managed by the service profile.

cac-mode

none

Does not limit the number of active

 

 

user sessions based on Call Admission

 

 

Control (CAC).

cac-session

14

If session-based CAC is enabled

 

 

(cac-modeis set to session), limits the

 

 

number of active user sessions on a

 

 

radio to 14.

cipher-ccmp

disable

Does not use Counter with Cipher

 

 

Block Chaining Message

 

 

Authentication Code Protocol (CCMP)

 

 

to encrypt traffic sent to WPA clients.

cipher-tkip

enable

When the WPA IE is enabled, uses

 

 

Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP)

 

 

to encrypt traffic sent to WPA clients.

cipher-wep104

disable

Does not use Wired Equivalent Privacy

 

 

(WEP) with 104-bit keys to encrypt

 

 

traffic sent to WPA clients.

cipher-wep40

disable

Does not use WEP with 40-bit keys to

 

 

encrypt traffic sent to WPA clients.

cos

0

If static CoS is enabled (static-cosis set

 

 

to enable), assigns CoS 0 to all data

 

 

traffic to or from clients.

dhcp-restrict

disable

Does not restrict a client’s traffic to only

 

 

DHCP traffic while the client is being

 

 

authenticated and authorized.

idle-client-probing

enable

Sends a keepalive packet (a null-data

 

 

frame) to each client every 10 seconds.

long-retry-count

5

Sends a long unicast frame up to five

 

 

times without acknowledgment.

 

 

 

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