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authentication shared (SSID configuration mode)
Defaults This command has no defaults.
Command Modes SSID configuration interface
Command History
Usage Guidelines Use this command to authenticate clients using the open method, with optional MAC address or EAP
screenings. If you use the alternate keyword, the client must pass either MAC address or EAP
authentication. Otherwise, the client must pass both authentications. Use the optional keyword to allow
client devices using either open or EAP authentication to associate and become authenticated. You define
list names for MAC addresses and EAP using the aaa authentication login command. These lists define
the authentication methods activated when a user logs in and indirectly identify the location where the
authentication information is stored.
Examples This example shows how to enable open authentication with MAC address restrictions:
AP(config-if-ssid)# authentication open mac-address mac-list1
This example shows how to disable open authentication for the SSID:
AP(config-if-ssid)# no authentication open
Related Commands
authentication shared (SSID configuration mode)
Use the authentication shared SSID configuration mode command to configure the radio interface (for
the specified SSID) to support shared authentication with optional MAC address authentication and EAP
authentication. Use the no form of the command to disable shared authentication for the SSID.
[no] authentication shared
[mac-address list-name]
[eap list-name]
Note The mac-address option is not supported on bridges.
Release Modification
12.2(4)JA This command was introduced.
Command Description
authentication shared
(SSID configuration mode)
Specifies shared key authentication
authentication network-eap
(SSID configuration mode)
Specifies network EAP authentication
dot11 ssid Creates an SSID and enters SSID configuration mode