User's Manual
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Cisco IOS Software Configuration Guide for Cisco Aironet Access Points
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Chapter 12 Configuring WDS, Fast Secure Roaming, Radio Management, and Wireless Intrusion Detection Services
 Management Frame Protection
Client MFP can be configured as either required or optional for a particular SSID. To configure Client 
MFP as required, you must configure the SSID with key management WPA version 2 mandatory. If the 
key management is not WPAv2 mandatory, an error message is displayed and your CLI command is 
rejected. If you attempt to change the key management with Client MFP configured as required and key 
management WPAv2, an error message displays and rejects your CLI command. When configured as 
optional, Client MFP is enabled if the SSID is capable of WPAv2, otherwise Client MFP is disabled.
Configuring Client MFP
The following CLI commands are used to configure Client MFP for access points in root mode.
ids mfp client required
This SSID configuration command enables Client MFP as required on a particular SSID. The 
Dot11Radio interface is reset when the command is executed if the SSID is bound to the Dot11Radio 
interface. The command also expects that the SSID is configured with WPA version 2 mandatory. If the 
SSID is not configured with WPAv2 mandatory, an error message displays and the command is rejected.
no ids mfp client
This ssid configuration command disables Client MFP on a particular SSID. The Dot11Radio interface 
is reset when the command is executed if the SSID is bound to the Dot11Radio interface.
ids mfp client optional
This ssid configuration command enables Client MFP as optional on a particular SSID. The Dot11Radio 
interface is reset when the command is executed if the SSID is bound to the Dot11Radio interface. Client 
MFP is enabled for this particular SSID if the SSID is WPAv2 capable, otherwise Client MFP is 
disabled.
show dot11 ids mfp client statistics
Use this command to display Client MFP statistics on the access point console for a Dot11Radio 
interface.
clear dot11 ids mfp client statistics
Use this command to clear the Client MFP statistics.
authentication key management wpa version {1|2}
Use this command to explicitly specify which WPA version to use for WPA key management for a 
particular SSID. 
Command Description
Step 1
configure terminal Enter global configuration mode.
Step 2
dot11 ids mfp generator Configures the access point as an MFP generator. When enabled, 
the access point protects the management frames it transmits by 
adding a message integrity check information element (MIC IE) 
to each frame. Any attempt to copy, alter, or replay the frame will 
invalidate the MIC, causing any receiving access point that is 
configured to detect (validate) MFP frames to report the 
discrepancy. The access point must be a member of a WDS.










