Chapter 25 Ap Profile; Overview; What You Can Do In This Chapter; What You Need To Know - ZyXEL Communications NXC5200 User Manual

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25.1 Overview

This chapter shows you how to configure preset profiles for the Access Points
(APs) connected to your NXC's wireless network.

25.1.1 What You Can Do in this Chapter

• The Radio screen
can be used by the APs.
• The SSID screen
profiles for your networked APs.

25.1.2 What You Need To Know

The following terms and concepts may help as you read this chapter.
Wireless Profiles
At the heart of all wireless AP configurations on the NXC are profiles. A profile
represents a group of saved settings that you can use across any number of
connected APs. You can set up the following wireless profile types:
• Radio - This profile type defines the properties of an AP's radio transmitter. You
can have a maximum of 64 radio profiles on the NXC.
• SSID - This profile type defines the properties of a single wireless network
signal broadcast by an AP. Each radio on a single AP can broadcast up to 8
SSIDs. You can have a maximum of 64 SSID profiles on the NXC.
• Security - This profile type defines the security settings used by a single SSID.
It controls the encryption method required for a wireless client to associate itself
with the SSID. You can have a maximum of 64 security profiles on the NXC.
• MAC Filtering - This profile provides an additional layer of security for an SSID,
allowing you to block access or allow access to that SSID based on wireless
client MAC addresses. If a client's MAC address is on the list, then it is either
allowed or denied, depending on how you set up the MAC Filter profile. You can
have a maximum of 64 MAC filtering profiles on the NXC.
NXC5200 User's Guide
(Section 25.2 on page
(Section 25.3 on page 392) configures three different types of
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