Configuring Wireless Network Profiles

Instant wireless networks are categorized as:

Employee network—An Employee network is a classic Wi-Fi Wi-Fi is a technology that allows electronic devices to connect to a WLAN network, mainly using the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz radio bands. Wi-Fi can apply to products that use any 802.11 standard. network. This network type is used by the employees in an organization and it supports passphrase-based or 802.1X 802.1X is an IEEE standard for port-based network access control designed to enhance 802.11 WLAN security. 802.1X provides an authentication framework that allows a user to be authenticated by a central authority.-based authentication methods. Employees can access the protected data of an enterprise through the employee network after successful authentication. The employee network is selected by default during a network profile configuration.

Voice network—This Voice network type allows you to configure a network profile for devices that provide only voice services—for example, devices such as handsets or applications that require voice traffic prioritization.

Guest network—The Guest wireless network is created for guests, visitors, contractors, and any non-employee users who use the enterprise Wi-Fi Wi-Fi is a technology that allows electronic devices to connect to a WLAN network, mainly using the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz radio bands. Wi-Fi can apply to products that use any 802.11 standard. network. The virtual controller assigns the IP address for the guest clients. Captive portal A captive portal is a web page that allows the users to authenticate and sign in before connecting to a public-access network. Captive portals are typically used by business centers, airports, hotel lobbies, coffee shops, and other venues that offer free Wi-Fi hotspots for the guest users. or passphrase-based authentication methods can be set for this wireless network. Typically, a guest network is an unencrypted network. However, you can specify the encryption settings when configuring a guest network.

When a client is associated to the Voice network, all data traffic is marked and placed into the high-priority queue in the QoS Quality of Service. It refers to the capability of a network to provide better service and performance to a specific network traffic over various technologies..

Workflow to Configure a WLAN SSID Profile

To configure a new wireless network profile, complete the following procedures:

Step 1: Configuring WLAN Settings

Step 2: Configuring VLAN Settings

Step 3: Configuring Security Settings

Step 4: Configuring Access Rules for a Network