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Selecting the Active Profile

Step 4 The first profile in the Auto Selected Profiles box has the highest priority while the last profile has the
lowest priority. To change the order (and priority) of your auto-selectable profiles, highlight the profile
that you want to move and click the High Priority or Low Priority arrow to move the profile up or
down, respectively.
When auto profile selection is enabled, the client adapter scans for an available network. The profile with
the highest priority and the same SSID as one of the found networks is the one that is used to connect to
the network. If the connection fails, the client adapter tries the next highest priority profile that matches
the SSID and so on.
Click OK to save your changes.
Step 5
Selecting the Active Profile
Follow the steps below to specify the profile that the client adapter is to use.
Note Because EAP-TLS, PEAP, and EAP-SIM authentication are enabled in the operating system and not in
ACU, you cannot switch between these authentication types simply by switching profiles in ACU. You
can create a profile in ACU that uses host-based EAP, but you must enable the specific authentication
type in Windows (provided Windows is using the Microsoft 802.1X supplicant). In addition, Windows
can be set for only one authentication type at a time; therefore, if you have more than one profile in ACU
that uses host-based EAP and you want to use another authentication type, you must change
authentication types in Windows after switching profiles in ACU.
You can use ACM instead of ACU's Profile Manager to select the active profile. Refer to
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instructions.
Open ACU; click the Select Profile icon or select Select Profile from the Commands drop-down menu.
Step 1
The Select Profile screen appears (see
Select one of the following options:
Step 2
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Use Selected Profile—This option enables you to select one profile for the client adapter to use. If
you choose this option, you also must select the desired profile from the drop-down box.
If the client adapter cannot associate to an access point or loses association while using the selected
profile, the adapter does not attempt to associate using another profile. To associate, you must select
a different profile or select Use Auto Profile Selection.
If no profiles have been set for your client adapter, the Use Selected Profile drop-down box
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is disabled but displays "Driver Advanced Tab Settings."
Figure 4-2).
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