Cisco Systems OL-6415-04 manual Configuring Multiple SSIDs, Creating an Ssid Globally

Chapter 3 Configuring Multiple SSIDs

Configuring Multiple SSIDs

Configuring Multiple SSIDs

This section contains configuration information for multiple SSIDs:

•Creating an SSID Globally, page 3-3

•Using a RADIUS Server to Restrict SSIDs, page 3-5

Note In Cisco IOS Release 12.4(15)T and later, you configure SSIDs globally and then apply them to a specific radio interface. Follow the instructions in the “Creating an SSID Globally” section on page 3-3to configure SSIDs globally.

Creating an SSID Globally

In Cisco IOS Releases 12.4 and later, you can configure SSIDs globally or for a specific radio interface. When you use the dot11 ssid global configuration command to create an SSID, you can use the ssid configuration interface command to assign the SSID to a specific interface.

When an SSID has been created in global configuration mode, the ssid configuration interface command attaches the SSID to the interface but does not enter ssid configuration mode. However, if the SSID has not been created in global configuration mode, the ssid command puts the CLI into SSID configuration mode for the new SSID.

Note	SSIDs created in Cisco IOS Releases 12.3(7)JA and later become invalid if you downgrade the software
	version to an earlier release.
	Beginning in privileged EXEC mode, follow these steps to create an SSID globally. After you create an
	SSID, you can assign it to specific radio interfaces.
	Command	Purpose
Step 1
	configure terminal	Enter global configuration mode.
Step 2
	dot11 ssid ssid-string	Create an SSID and enter SSID configuration mode for the new
		SSID. The SSID can consist of up to 32 alphanumeric
		characters. SSIDs are case sensitive.
		Note +, ., ], ?, $, TAB, and trailing spaces are invalid
		characters for SSIDs.
Step 3
	authentication client	(Optional) Set an authentication username and password that
	username username	the access point uses to authenticate to the network when in
	password password	repeater mode. Set the username and password on the SSID that
		the repeater access point uses to associate to a root access point,
		or with another repeater.
Step 4
	accounting list-name	(Optional) Enable RADIUS accounting for this SSID. For
		list-name, specify the accounting method list. Click this link
		for more information on method lists:
		http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/software/ios
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