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A profile allows access point administration across large wireless network segments. However, an
administrator cannot manage more than one model's profile and its set configuration policies at any one
time. Therefore, an administrator should manage multiple access points directly from the Virtual
Controller AP. As individual access point updates are made, the access point no longer shares the
profile based configuration it previously deployed. Changes made to the profile are automatically
inherited by all member access points, but not those who have had their configuration overridden from
their previous profile designation. These devices require careful administration, as they no longer can be
tracked and as profile members. Their customized configurations overwrite their profile assignments
until the profile can be re-applied to the access point.
Each access point model is automatically assigned a default profile. The default profile is available
within the access point's configuration file. Default profiles are ideal for single site deployments where
several access points may need to share a common configuration.
NOTE
A central difference compared to the default-radio configurations in previous WiNG 5 releases is that
default profiles are used as pointers of an access point's configuration, not just templates from which the
configuration is copied. Therefore, if a change is made in one of the parameters in a profile, the change is reflected
across all access points using that profile.
For more information, refer to the following:
"General Profile Configuration"
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"Profile Radio Power"
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"Profile Adoption (Auto Provisioning) Configuration"
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"Profile Interface Configuration"
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"Profile Network Configuration"
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"Profile Security Configuration"
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"Profile Management Configuration"
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"Advanced Profile Configuration"
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General Profile Configuration
An access point profile requires unique clock synchronization settings as part of its general
configuration.
Network Time Protocol (NTP) manages time and/or network clock synchronization within the access
point managed network. NTP is a client/server implementation. The access point periodically
synchronizes its clock with a master clock (an NTP server). For example, the access point resets its clock
to 07:04:59 upon reading a time of 07:04:59 from its designated NTP server.
To define a profile's general configuration:
1 Select the Configuration tab from the Web UI.
2 Select Devices.
3 Select System Profile from the options on left-hand side of the UI.
General configuration options display by default, with the profile activated for use with this access
point model.
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4000 Series Access Point System Reference Guide
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