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Cisco IOS Software Configuration Guide for Cisco Aironet Access Points
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Chapter4 Configuring the Access Point for the First Time
Assigning Basic Settings
Understanding the Security Settings
You can configure basic security settings in the Easy Setup > Radio Configuration section. You can
use the options given in this section to create unique SSIDs and assign one of four security types to them.
You can create up to 16 SSIDs on the wireless device. The created SSIDs appear in the Current SSID
List. On dual-radio wireless devices, the SSIDs that you create are enabled by default on both radio
interfaces.
Note In Cisco IOS Release 12.4(23c)JA and 12.xxx, there is no default SSID. You must configure an
SSID before client devices can associate to the access point.
The SSID can consist of up to 32 alphanumeric, case-sensitive, characters.
The first character can not contain the following characters:
Exclamation point (!)
Pound sign (#)
Semicolon (;)
The following characters are invalid and cannot be used in an SSID:
Plus sign (+)
Right bracket (])
Front slash (/)
Quotation mark (")
Tab
Trailing spaces
Default Gateway Assigned by DHCP by default; if DHCP is disabled, the default
setting is 0.0.0.0
IPv6 Protocol DHCP and Autoconfig
SNMP Community defaultCommunity (Read-only)
VLAN No VLAN
Security No Security
Role in Radio Network (for each
radio installed)
Access point
Optimize Radio Network for Default
Aironet Extensions Enable
Channel Least-Congested (for 2.4GHz) and Dynamic Frequency Selection
(for 5GHz)
Power Maximum
Table4-1 Default Settings on the Express Setup Page (continued)
Setting Default