Profile Naming Conventions; Considerations Before You Configure Profiles - NETGEAR ProSafe WC7520 Reference Manual

Profile Naming Conventions

You can use profile naming conventions that are based on user groups such as Marketing, or
based on VLANs such as VLAN40, or you can use other naming conventions such as
CompanyName15.
Note: In the advanced configuration, you cannot change the names of
profile groups. However, you can change the group names of MAC
ACLs and external RADIUS servers.

Considerations Before You Configure Profiles

Before you create and configure profiles for the basic profile group or an advanced profile
group, consider the following:
• Authentication servers. If you want to use external LDAP or RADIUS authentication, or
both, first create the authentication server settings:
- Configure basic server settings on the basic Authentication Server screen (see
Configure Basic Authentication Server Settings
- For more complex networks, configure additional RADIUS servers on the advanced
Authentication Server screen (see
on page 118).
After you have configured authentication server settings, you can then assign any
authentication server to a security profile in a basic profile group or advanced profile
group.
Note: You can configure profiles to function with different authentication
servers. For example, you could set up a guest profile with no
authentication, an engineering profile that uses external RADIUS
authentication, and a marketing profile that uses external LDAP
authentication. You can also use additional external RADIUS
servers in other profiles.
• MAC authentication. If you want to use a MAC access control list (ACL) to control
access of wireless clients, first create one or more MAC ACLs:
- Configure the basic MAC ACL on the basic MAC Authentication screen (see
Configure Basic Local MAC Authentication Settings
- For more complex networks, configure additional MAC ACLs on the advanced MAC
Authentication screen (see
page 113).
ProSafe 20-AP Wireless Controller WC7520
Configure RADIUS Authentication Server Groups
Configure Local MAC Authentication Groups
Managing Security Profiles and Profile Groups
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