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236 CHAPTER 7: CONFIGURING WIRELESS PARAMETERS
Wireless Service
Parameters
A wireless service consists of the following parameters:
Service profile
Access rules
Service Profiles
A service profile configures an SSID. Table 18 lists the parameters. For
parameters that are assigned default values by the wizards, the table also
lists the default values.
Table 18 Service Profile Parameters
Service Profile
Parameter
Description
Default Value Assigned by
Service Profile Wizard
Service profile
name
Name of the service profile Based on service profile type:
Secure-802.1x
Voice
Web-Portal
Open
Custom service profiles do not
have a default name.
SSID name SSID name with wireless
clients will associate
Blank (no default value)
SSID type Encryption setting for data:
Encrypted
Clear (unencrypted)
Based on service profile type:
802.1X—Encrypted (clear is
not applicable)
Voice—Encrypted
Web-Portal—Clear
Open—Clear
Custom—Encrypted
Beaconing state Advertisement of the SSID
using beacons
Enabled
Fallthu access
type
Access type attempted if
neither 802.1X nor MAC
access are applicable to the
client
Based on service profile type:
802.1X—None
Voice—None
Web-Portal—Web Portal
Open—Last Resort
Custom—Depends on access
type(s) selected for service profile