Cisco Systems CB21AG manual Selecting the Active Profile

Chapter 4 Using the Profile Manager

Selecting the Active Profile

Selecting the Active Profile

Follow the steps below to specify the profile that the client adapter is to use.

Note You can use ASTU instead of the ADU Profile Manager to select the active profile. Refer to Chapter 8 for instructions.

Step 1 Open ADU and click the Profile Management tab. The Cisco Aironet Desktop Utility (Profile Management) window appears (see Figure 4-1).

Step 2 Perform one of the following:

•Select one profile for the client adapter to use either by double-clicking that profile in the profiles list or by clicking that profile in the profiles list and then clicking Activate.

If the client adapter cannot associate (or establish a connection) to an access point (in infrastructure mode) or another client (in ad hoc mode) or loses association while using the selected profile, the adapter does not attempt to associate using another profile. To associate, you must select a different profile or enable auto profile selection.

•Enable auto profile selection by checking the Auto Select Profiles check box.

This option causes the client adapter’s driver to automatically select a profile from the list of profiles that were set up to be included in auto profile selection.

If the client adapter loses association for more than 10 seconds (or for more than the time specified by the LEAP/EAP-FAST authentication timeout value on the LEAP/EAP-FAST Settings window if LEAP/EAP-FAST is enabled), the driver switches automatically to another profile that is included in auto profile selection. The adapter does not switch profiles as long as it remains associated or reassociates within 10 seconds (or within the time specified by the LEAP/EAP-FAST authentication timeout value). To force the client adapter to associate to a different access point (in infrastructure mode) or another client (in ad hoc mode), you must uncheck the Auto Select Profiles check box and select a new profile from the profiles list.

Note This option is available only if two or more profiles are included in auto profile selection.

Note Login scripts are not reliable if you use auto profile selection with LEAP or EAP-FAST. If you authenticate and achieve full network connectivity before or at the same time as you log into the computer, login scripts will run. However, if you authenticate and achieve full network connectivity after you log into the computer, login scripts will not run.

•Click Scan. The Available Infrastructure and Ad Hoc Networks window appears (see Figure 4-2). Double-click the SSID of a network that is used by one of your profiles and click OK.

The client adapter starts using a profile based on the option selected above. The active profile is designated by the following icon in the profiles list:

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