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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.
