Wireless Network Profiles; Configuring Wireless Network Profiles; Network Types - Aruba IAP-335 User Manual

This chapter provides the following information:
Configuring Wireless Network Profiles on page 81
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Configuring Fast Roaming for Wireless Clients on page 101
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Configuring Modulation Rates on a WLAN SSID on page 104
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Disabling Short Preamble for Wireless Client on page 106
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Multi-User-MIMO on page 105
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Management Frame Protection on page 106
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Editing Status of a WLAN SSID Profile on page 106
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Editing a WLAN SSID Profile on page 107
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Deleting a WLAN SSID Profile on page 107
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Configuring Wireless Network Profiles

During start up, a wireless client searches for radio signals or beacon frames that originate from the nearest
IAP. After locating the IAP, the following transactions take place between the client and the IAP:
1. Authentication—The IAP communicates with a RADIUS server to validate or authenticate the client.
2. Connection—After successful authentication, the client establishes a connection with the IAP.

Network Types

Instant wireless networks are categorized as:
Employee network—An Employee network is a classic Wi-Fi network. This network type is used by the
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employees in an organization and it supports passphrase-based or 802.1X-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
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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-
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employee users who use the enterprise Wi-Fi network. The VC assigns the IP address for the guest clients.
Captive portal 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 (Quality of Service) QoS.
To configure a new wireless network profile, complete the following procedures:
1. Configuring WLAN Settings
2. Configuring VLAN Settings
3. Configuring Security Settings
4. Configuring Access Rules for a Network
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