General Tab

The General tab is where you name your WLAN Profile and specify the general settings not related to security.

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Complete the required fields as follows:

Field Description

Name

Enter the profile name.

Description

Enter a short description of the profile.

SSID

Enter the Service Set Identifier (SSID) for devices.

Protocol

Enter the protocol that the device can use [a, b, g, n (2.4 GHz), or n (5 GHz)].

WLAN Index

Enter the order in which WLAN profiles will be assigned to a sensor. For example, WLAN1 can have index 4, WLAN2 can have index 2, WLAN3 can have index 1, and WLAN4 can have index 3.

VLAN

Enter the Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN) the device is authorized to use.

Association Limit

Enter the number of associations allowed per device.

Station Timeout

Enter the number of seconds or minutes that a device is allowed to become a sanctioned device.

Other Options

Specify which of the following options a device may perform:

  • Respond to all probe requests
  • Broadcast SSID in Beacon
  • Wireless Client Isolation
  • Locally Bridged.

Click Save when complete. The template is now displayed in the Template column.