50CHAPTER 3: CONFIGURING WIRELESS SERVICES

Configure

Services for Employee access are typically configured to provide secure,

Employee Access

encrypted access to the wireless network.

Services

The following sections provide information about how to configure

 

 

Employee access:

 

„ “Task Table” on page 50

 

„ “Step Summary” on page 52

 

„ “Example: Configure Employee Access” on page 53

 

Table 9 on page 50 contains the tasks you need to perform to configure

 

Employee access services. The summary provides the configurable options

 

you should set. The section “Example: Configure Employee Access” on

 

page 53 guides you through the primary wizards and pages in 3WXM to

 

configure Employee access services.

Task Table

Table 9 contains the tasks you need to perform to create a service for

 

employee access. For a summary of configurable items, see “Step

 

Summary” on page 52. For detailed steps about how to perform each of

 

these tasks, see “Example: Configure Employee Access” on page 53.

 

Table 9 Creating a Service for Employee Access

 

 

 

Primary Parameters to

Task

Path

Configure

 

 

 

 

“Create a

1

Tool bar option: select

From the Create Radio Profile

Radio Profile”

 

Configuration.

wizard:

on page 54

2

Organizer panel: expand

„ Radio profile name: enter a

 

 

 

the WX switch.

name

 

3

Expand Wireless.

After you create the service profile,

 

4

Click on Radio Profiles.

you can map it to the radio profile.

 

After you install the MAPs, you can

 

5

Select Radio Profile in the

 

map their radios to the radio

 

 

task list.

 

 

profile.

 

 

 

Note: The examples in this chapter configure the radio profile first. However, you also can configure the radio profile later as part of service profile configuration.

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