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Wireless LAN Profiles

This chapter shows you how to configure wireless LAN profiles on your NXC.

9.1 Wireless LAN Profiles Overview

The NWA5160N Access Points designed to work explicitly with your NXC do not have onboard configuration files, you must create “profiles” to manage them. Profiles are preset configurations that are uploaded to the APs and which manage them. They include: Radio and Monitor profiles, SSID profiles, Security profiles, and MAC Filter profiles. Altogether, these profiles give you absolute control over your wireless network.

9.2 AP & Monitor Profile Commands

The radio profile commands allow you to set up configurations for the radios onboard your various APs. The monitor profile commands allow you to set up monitor mode configurations that allow your APs to scan for other APs in the vicinity.

The following table identifies the values required for many of these commands. Other input values are discussed with the corresponding commands.

Table 30 Input Values for General Radio and Monitor Profile Commands

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

radio_profile_name

The radio profile name. You may use 1-31 alphanumeric characters,

 

underscores (_), or dashes (-), but the first character cannot be a

 

number. This value is case-sensitive.

monitor_profile_name

The monitor profile name. You may use 1-31 alphanumeric characters,

 

underscores (_), or dashes (-), but the first character cannot be a

 

number. This value is case-sensitive.

wlan_role

Sets the wireless LAN radio operating mode. At the time of writing, you

 

can use ap for Access Point.

 

 

wireless_channel_2g

Sets the 2 GHz channel used by this radio profile. The channel range is

 

1 ~ 14.

 

Note: Your choice of channel may be restricted by

 

regional regulations.

 

 

wireless_channel_5g

Sets the 5 GHz channel used by this radio profile. The channel range is

 

36 ~ 165.

 

Note: Your choice of channel may be restricted by

 

regional regulations.

 

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