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 Ssid Configuration Methods Supported by Cisco IOS Releases
 Creating Cipher Suites
 Protocol Filters
 Local Authenticator Messages
 Contents Cisco Wireless Router and Hwic Configuration Guide
 Preface provides information on the following topics
Preface
Audience
Purpose
 Conventions
Organization
 Preface Conventions
 Cisco Product Document Title
Related Publications
 Cisco.com
Obtaining Documentation
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Product Documentation DVD
Ordering Documentation
 Cisco Product Security Overview
Reporting Security Problems in Cisco Products
 Submitting a Service Request
Obtaining Technical Assistance
Cisco Technical Support & Documentation Website
 Obtaining Additional Publications and Information
Definitions of Service Request Severity
 Preface Obtaining Additional Publications and Information
 Overview
Wireless Device Management
 Root Unit on a Wired LAN
Network Configuration Example
 Features
 Overview Features
 Overview
 Overview Cisco Wireless Router and Hwic Configuration Guide
 Configuring Radio Settings
 Cisco Role in Radio Network Eries ISRs
Command Purpose
Enabling the Radio Interface
Roles in Radio Network
 Configuring Network or Fallback Role
 Bridge Features Not Supported
Sample Bridging Configuration
Following is a sample of a Root Bridge Configuration
 Following is a sample of Non-Root Bridge Configuration
 Interface Dot11Radio0/1/0 no ip address
 Configuring Universal Client Mode
Universal Client Mode
 Following configuration is supported on NAT
NAT Network Address Translation
Virtual interface to aid NAT translation
 No service password-encryption Hostname C1803WUC
 Configuring Radio Settings Configuring Radio Data Rates
Configuring Radio Data Rates
 2.0 5.5 6.0 9.0
Throughput ofdm default
Speed
11.0 2.0 5.5 basic-1.0
 100 125 150 200 250
Configuring Radio Transmit Power
End Return to privileged Exec mode
DBm
 Maximum
Limiting the Power Level for Associated Client Devices
Power local
5 6 7 10 13 15 17
 10 20 30 50 Maximum
Configuring Radio Channel Settings
Power client
20 30 50 100 maximum
 Regulatory Domains
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Center
Channel
Identifier MHz
 2472 2484
 Channel
 GHz Channels on Which DFS is Automatically Enabled
DFS Automatically Enabled on Some 5-GHz Radio Channels
 Blocking Channels from DFS Selection
Enabling and Disabling World Mode
Confirming that DFS is Enabled
This example shows how to unblock all frequencies for DFS
 Enabling and Disabling Short Radio Preambles
 Antenna transmit
Configuring Transmit and Receive Antennas
Antenna receive
Diversity left right
 Disabling and Enabling Access Point Extensions
Disable Access Point extensions
No dot11 extension aironet
 Snap dot1h
Snap or 802.1h dot1h, the default setting
Payload-encapsulation
Set the encapsulation transformation method to RFC1042
 Configure terminal Enter global configuration mode
Enable Pspf
Bridge-group group port-protected
 Configuring Protected Ports
Configuring Beacon Period and Dtim
 Rts retries value
Configuring RTS Threshold and Retries
Configuring Maximum Data Retries
Rts threshold value
 Fragment-threshold value
Configuring Fragmentation Threshold
Bytes for the 2.4-GHz radio. Enter a setting from 256 to
Enabling Short Slot Time for 802.11g Radios
 Performing a Carrier Busy Test
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 Configuring Multiple SSIDs
 Ssid Configuration Methods Supported by Cisco IOS Releases
Understanding Multiple SSIDs
Vlan
 Creating an Ssid Globally
Configuring Multiple SSIDs
 Command Purpose
 Using a Radius Server to Restrict SSIDs
Viewing SSIDs Configured Globally
Using Spaces in SSIDs
 Configuring Multiple Basic SSIDs
Requirements for Configuring Multiple BSSIDs
Guidelines for Using Multiple BSSIDs
 Information-element ssidl
CLI Configuration Example
Displaying Configured BSSIDs
Enabling Mbssid and Ssidl at the same time
 Below is a sample configuration for enabling Ssidl
Sample Configuration for Enabling Mbssid and Ssidl
Use the no form of the command to disable Ssidl IEs
Below is a sample configuration for enabling Mbssid
 Interface Dot11Radio0/0/0 no ip address
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 Configuring an Access Point as a Local Authenticator
 Configure a Local Authenticator
Understand Local Authentication
 Aaa new-model Enable AAA
Guidelines for Local Authenticators
Configuration Overview
Configuring the Local Authenticator Access Point
 Ssid ssid
Reauthentication time seconds
Radius-server local
Vlan vlan
 Mac-auth-only
Password nthash password
 This example shows how to set up EAP-FAST authentication
 End
 Routerconfig# aaa new-model
 Configuring PAC Settings
Configuring EAP-FAST Settings
 Configuring an Authority ID
Configuring Server Keys
Possible PAC Failures Caused by Access Point Clock
 Unblocking Locked Usernames
Limiting the Local Authenticator to One Authentication Type
Viewing Local Authenticator Statistics
This example shows local authenticator statistics
 Using Debug Messages
 Understand Encryption Types, Configure Encryption Types,
Configuring Encryption Types
 Understand Encryption Types
 Creating WEP Keys
Configure Encryption Types
 Key
Security Configuration WEP Key Restriction
WEP Key Restrictions
Encryption
 Example WEP Key Setup
Access Point Associated Device Slot Transmit? Key Contents
Creating Cipher Suites
 Cipher Suites Compatible with WPA
 Enabling and Disabling Broadcast Key Rotation
Compatible Cipher Suites
WPA
 Security
Security Type in Universal Client Mode
 Universal client configuration
Tkip AES TKIP+AES
WEP 40-bit WEP 128-bit
 Caveats
Debugging
 WEP
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 Configuring Authentication Types
 Open Authentication to Access Point
Understand Authentication Types
 Traffic from client
Shared Key Authentication to Access Point
 Sequence for EAP Authentication
EAP Authentication to Network
 MAC Address Authentication to the Network
 Using WPA Key Management
Combining MAC-Based, EAP, and Open Authentication
 5shows the WPA key management process
 Protocol Required? Systems
WPA-PSK Mode Windows XP Yes
Software and Firmware Requirements for WPA and WPA-TKIP
Third Party Host Supplicant
 Assigning Authentication Types to an Ssid
Configure Authentication Types
 Optional eap list-name
Authentication open
Optional Set the authentication type to open for this Ssid
Mac-address list-name alternate
 Mac-address list-name
Authentication shared
Authentication network-eap
Authentication key-management
 Configuring WPA Migration Mode
 Wpa-psk hex ascii 0
Configuring Additional WPA Settings
 Configuring MAC Authentication Caching
 Server
Dot1x client-timeout seconds
Dot11 holdoff-time seconds
Dot1x reauth-period seconds
 Security Feature Client Setting Access Point Setting
Detects two MIC failures within 60 seconds, it blocks all
Tkip clients on that interface for the holdtime period
 WPA-PSK
 Security Feature Client Setting Access Point Setting
 Configuring Radius Servers
 Understanding Radius
Configuring and Enabling Radius
 Radius Operation
 Default Radius Configuration
Configuring Radius
 Identifying the Radius Server Host
 Radius-server host hostname
Acct-port port-number timeout
Port for authentication requests.Optional For acct-port
Radius-server timeout command is used
 Show running-config Verify your entries
Configuring Radius Login Authentication
 Include-in-access-req format %h
Aaa authentication login default
Login authentication default
Authentication login command
 Defining AAA Server Groups
 Define the AAA server-group with a group name
Port for authentication requests
Port for accounting requests
Aaa group server radius group-name
 Radius
 Starting Radius Accounting
 Configuring Settings for All Radius Servers
Selecting the Csid Format
Option MAC Address Example
 Show running-config Verify your settings
 Authentication
Radius-server vsa send accounting
Radius-server host hostname ip-address non-standard
 Radius-server key string
Configuring WISPr Radius Attributes
 Snmp-server location location
Displaying the Radius Configuration
 Attribute ID Description
Radius Attributes Sent by the Access Point
 VLAN-ID
 VSA attribute NAS-Location Disc-Cause-Ext
Acct-Terminate-Cause
 Configuring VLANs
 Understanding VLANs
 Related Documents
LAN and Vlan Segmentation with Wireless Devices
 Incorporating Wireless Devices into VLANs
Configuring VLANs
 Interface dot11radio 0.x
Configuring a Vlan
 Encapsulation dot1q vlan-id
 Creating a Vlan Name
Using a Radius Server to Assign Users to VLANs
Guidelines for Using Vlan Names
Assigning Names to VLANs
 Viewing VLANs Configured on the Access Point
 Ssid Vlan ID
Vlan Configuration Example
 Vlan 1 Interfaces Vlan 2 Interfaces Vlan 3 Interfaces
Configuring Vlan
 Configuring VLANs Vlan Configuration Example
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 Understanding QoS for Wireless LANs, Configuring QoS,
Configuring QoS
 Understanding QoS for Wireless LANs
QoS for Wireless LANs Versus QoS on Wired LANs
Impact of QoS on a Wireless LAN
 Upstream and Downstream Traffic Flow
Precedence of QoS Settings
 Using Wi-Fi Multimedia Mode
 Fixed Slot Time
Configuring QoS
Configuration Guidelines
Adjusting Radio Access Categories
 Disabling Igmp Snooping Helper
Sample Configuration Using the CLI
 Japan
Channel Settings
Ieee 802.11b 2.4-GHz Band
Center Frequency Americas
 Americas -A Emea -E Japan -J Frequency
Ieee 802.11g 2.4-GHz Band
Ieee 802.11a 5-GHz Band
Center Regulatory Domains
 Frequency North America
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 Protocol Filters
 Protocol
 EGP PUP Chaos
Icmp
Igmp
TCP
 ISO Designator
 IMAP2
Tsap
POP2
POP3
 CVS
RIP
RPC
Uucp
 Supported MIBs
MIB List
IEEE802dot11-MIB
 RFC1213-MIB RFC1398-MIB SNMPv2-MIB SNMPv2-SMI SNMPv2-TC
Using FTP to Access the MIB Files
 Level Description
Error and Event Messages
How to Read System Messages
This appendix lists the CLI error and event messages
 Association Management Messages
Explanation a station associated to an access point
Explanation a station disassociated from an access point
Message Traceback Reports
 Subsystem Messages
 Recommended Action None
 Explanation The device has begun its DFS scanning process
 Recommended Action None
 Error Message DOT11-4-RMINCAPABLE Interface interface
 Recommended Action Reload the system
 Error Message DOT11-4-CANTASSOC Cannot associate characters
 Recommended Action None
 Recommended Action
 Local Authenticator Messages
 Operating in the 2.4-GHz band
Network with wireless stations
Wireless network composed of stations without Access Points
Access Point
 GL-2
Hoc mode
 Corresponding IP addresses
LAN 802.11 specifications
Wired Ethernet network
An antenna that radiates its signal in a spherical pattern
 Transmission at 2 Mbps
Transmission at 6, 9, 12, 18, 24, 36, 48, and 54 Mbps
 That of a cable
While maintaining an unbroken connection to the LAN
 Wireless MultiMedia
Computing device with an installed client adapter
802.1X for authenticated key management
 AES-CCMP
EAP
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EAP-FAST 1
 Leap
FTP
 Names, Vlan Network-EAP
Ofdm
Qbss
 Radius RFC
Guest mode Multiple SSIDs Support Using spaces
Local authentication Names Ssid 4 Vlan command 4
Regulatory Domains
 WPA migration mode Wpa-psk command
World-mode command
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