Setting

Chapter 2 Configuring Wireless Profiles

Creating a New Profile and Configuring Basic Settings

Table 2-1

Profile Management General Settings

 

 

 

Setting

 

What to Enter

 

 

 

Network name

 

Enter the service set identifier (SSID). The network name and the SSID

 

 

are the same.

 

 

Range: The network consists of 1 to 32 case-sensitive characters.

 

 

Default: A blank field

 

 

 

Security type

 

From the Security type drop-down list, choose the method that is used

 

 

to secure a connection to the wireless network. The choices are the

 

 

following:

 

 

No authentication (Open)—Open system authentication with no

 

 

encryption

 

 

WEP (also called Shared)—Open system authentication with

 

 

Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP)

 

 

WPA2-Personal—Wi-Fi Protected Access 2 (WPA2)

 

 

authentication with a preshared key (designed for networks without

 

 

a RADIUS infrastructure)

 

 

WPA-Personal—WPA with a preshared key (designed for networks

 

 

without a RADIUS infrastructure)

 

 

WPA2-Enterprise—802.1X authentication (designed for medium

 

 

and large infrastructure mode networks)

 

 

WPA-Enterprise—802.1X authentication (designed for medium

 

 

and large infrastructure mode networks)

 

 

802.1x—802.1X authentication with WEP (also known as dynamic

 

 

WEP).

 

 

CCKM—Cisco Centralized Key Management

 

 

For more information about these security types, see the “Security and

 

 

Encryption Types” section on page 2-10.

 

 

Default: None. You must choose a security type to create a wireless

 

 

profile.

 

 

 

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Cisco Systems CB21AG, PI21AG manual Encryption Types” section on page, Setting, What to Enter