Configure a Private Client Group

Create a Private Pre-share Key Standard Wireless Network.

When Private Client Groups (PCGs) are enabled, they can be designated as using one of two main operating modes:

  • AP-based PCG uses unique user and shared keys. This mode supports common shared devices within personal network spaces. It also requires room assignments for AP anchoring and traffic tunneling.
  • Key-based PCG requires one password used by the entire device group. Key-based PCG does not need room assignments, and no traffic tunneling is used on anchor-based APs.
Note

Note

Each network policy can have only one AP-based PCG wireless network (SSID), one key-based PCG SSID, and any number of non-PCG SSIDs.
  1. Enable Private Client Group Options.
  2. Select AP-Based or Key-Based.
  3. If you selected Key-Based, fill in the following Private Client Groups Traffic Filtering options.
    • Enable Broadcast Filtering: When selected, broadcast frames are not propagated beyond the current PCG domain.
    • Enable Multicast Filtering: When selected, multicast frames are not propagated beyond the current PCG domain.
      • Enable MDNS (multicast DNS) Filtering - When applied, multicast DNS frames are not forwarded outside the PCG domain.
      • Enable SSDP (Simple Service Discovery Protocol) - When enabled, SSDP frames are not forwarded outside of the PCG domain.

    When you select Multicast Filtering, both mDNS and SSDP filtering are auto-selected. If you do not select Multicast Filtering, you can independently select mDNS and SSDP filtering. This capability is solely dependent upon site requirements.

Continue configuring the Standard Wireless Network.