Wireless Lan Settings - Cisco 7925G Deployment Manual

The Bulk Deployment Utility (BDU) for the Cisco Unified Wireless IP Phone 7925G, 7925G-EX, and 7926G is intended to
help quicken the provisioning and deployment process of many phones when unique 802.1x accounts are used with EAP-FAST,
PEAP (MS-CHAPv2) or LEAP or if a common set of credentials are used by all phones (e.g. WPA2-PSK or a common 802.1x
account).
Configuring Phones with Wavelink Avalanche
Wavelink Avalanche is a comprehensive management solution for the Wireless LAN enterprise providing complete visibility
and control of Wireless LAN infrastructure and mobile client devices from a central console.
Wavelink Avalanche eases the configuration, deployment and management of Wireless LAN networks while offering extensive
flexibility through the support of a wide range of mobile devices and infrastructure.
Refer to the Wavelink section below for more info.
For more information, refer to the Cisco Unified Wireless IP Phone 7925G Administration Guide at this URL:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/phones/ps379/prod_maintenance_guides_list.html

Wireless LAN Settings

Use the following guidelines to configure network profiles.
The Cisco Unified Wireless IP Phone 7925G, 7925G-EX, and 7926G support multiple network profiles that allow one
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SSID per network profile. 0 length SSIDs are not allowed.
5 different 802.11 modes are available.
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Auto-RSSI
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802.11a
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802.11b/g
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Auto-A
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Auto-b/g
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As of the 1.3(3) release, Auto-a is the default 802.11 mode, so it will scan both channels and attempt to on the 5 GHz
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band if the configured network is available.
In previous releases, the Cisco Unified Wireless IP Phone 7925G, 7925G-EX, and 7926G would default to Auto-RSSI
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mode, which would attempt to associate to the access point with the strongest signal.
802.11a mode will only scan 5 GHz channels and 802.11b/g mode will only scan 2.4 GHz channels, where it will then
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attempt to associate to an access point if the configured network is available.
For Auto-a and Auto-b/g modes, this is giving preference to one frequency band over another. At power on, will scan
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all 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz channels then attempt to associate to an access point for the configured network using the
preferred frequency band if available. If the preferred frequency band is not available, then the Cisco Unified Wireless
Phone 7925G will try to use the less preferred frequency band if available. If the phone roams out of coverage of the
preferred frequency band, where the less preferred frequency band signal is available, then the phone will attempt to
associate to that less preferred frequency band.
To optimize battery life, ensure the call power save mode is configured for U-APSD/PS-POLL mode to utilize power
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save mode during active calls.
Active mode (Call Power Save Mode set to None) may need to be used instead of U-APSD/PS-POLL if the access
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point does not support power save enabled clients.
As of the 1.3(3) release, the Prompt Mode feature can be optionally enabled. When enabled, the password will not be
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stored in flash, but only in memory after entering manually after each power on sequence for seamless roaming.
However, the username can be stored after entering at the prompt, but can be overridden at the next login. If the
prompt is dismissed, then there is a Login softkey presented in order to invoke the login process. The Prompt Mode
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