Creating A New Wlan For Workgroup Use; Customizing Wlan Security; Reviewing The Initial Security Configuration - Ruckus Wireless ZoneDirector 1100 User Manual

Managing a Wireless Local Area Network

Customizing WLAN Security

Creating a New WLAN for Workgroup Use

If you want to create an additional WLAN based on your existing default WLAN and limit its
use to a select group of users (e.g, Marketing, Engineering), you can do so by following these
steps:
1. Make a list of the group of users.
2. Go to Configure > WLANs.
When the WLANs page appears, the default internal and guest networks are listed in the
table (once you have created a WLAN, it will appear in this table).
3. If you have no need for custom authentication or encryption methodologies in this new
WLAN, locate the default WLAN record and click Clone.
A workspace appears, displaying the default settings of a new WLAN, using the same
configuration settings as the default WLAN.
4. Type a descriptive name for this WLAN, and then click OK. This new WLAN is ready for use
by selected users.
5. You can now assign access to this new WLAN to a limited set of internal users, as detailed
in "Creating New User Roles"

Customizing WLAN Security

The default security method for your internal WLAN incorporates a WPA2-based authentication
passphrase and the AES encryption algorithm, and utilizes dynamic pre-shared keys. To review
the default WLAN configurations and the available options (customize the existing WLAN setup
or replace it with a totally different configuration), review the following procedures.

Reviewing the Initial Security Configuration

1. Go to Monitor > WLANs.
2. The Currently Active WLANs table lists the WLANs created during the setup process when
you worked through the ZoneDirector Setup Wizard. You can review the details of a WLAN's
configuration by clicking the WLAN name. See
3. You have three options with the internal WLAN: [1] continue using the current configuration,
[2] fine-tune the existing security mode, or [3] replace this mode entirely with either an
802.1X mode or a WEP-based mode. The two WLAN-editing processes are described
separately, below.
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