Wireless Network Basic Configuration

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Add wireless network basic configuration details or edit details for existing WLANs.

Select Wireless.
Select an existing wireless device from the list.
The basic configuration dashboard opens.

Use the WLAN configuration slider to apply or remove the configuration settings.

Table 1. WLAN configuration options
Field	Description
Status	Wireless networks status. Status is selected by default
Name	Name provided when you created the wireless network. This field cannot be edited
SSID	Network's name provided when adding the wireless network. This field cannot be edited
Description	WLAN description. Type up to 30 words
Bridging Mode	Select mode local or tunnel from the drop-down list box. Options include local and tunnel
QoS Map	Select to provide a network coverage map
QoS policy	Outgoing network traffic. Default option is selected
Bonjour Gateway Discovery Policy	Select a policy from the drop-down to help user's discover the wireless network

The broadcast SSID and broadcast probe response are selected by default. You have the option to select or remove DHCP option82 and DHCPv6 LDRA.

Use the fast roaming check box options to select or remove fast roaming options.
Fast roaming options include:
- PMK caching
- Opportunistic PMK caching
- Pre-authentication
- Fast BSS transition
Use the client traffic slider to power on or power off client-to-client traffic.
Set the max firewall sessions between 10 and 10,000.
Select access policies from the association ACL drop-down and the captive portal policy drop-down.
Set firewall policies for IP inbound ACL and outbound ACL.

Select the projected management frames (PMF).

Table 2. PMF parameters
Parameter	Description
Mode	Select optional or mandatory
SA query timeout	Select a number between 1 to 10
SA query attempts	Select between 100 to 1000 milliseconds

Use the radio resource management (RRM) to apply or remove radio settings.
1. Select or clear Status to view RRM status for various managed networks.
2. Select or clear channel report and TPC report.
3. Use the agile multi-band operation option to apply to remove multi-band configuration.

Apply shutdown criteria.


Field	Description
Critical Resource Name	Type a name for shutdown criteria

Use the slider option for applying or removing unadoption, wired link loss, meshpoint loss, critical resource configurations.

Configure VLAN assignment.
1. Select Single VLAN for configuring one VLAN and type the VLAN number in the VLAN field.
2. Select VLAN Pool to configure multiple VLANs.
  1. Type VLAN number and the maximum number of wireless clients.
  2. Select to delete a VLAN.
Select Save to commit and save wireless configuration settings.