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Cisco IOS Software Configuration Guide for Cisco Aironet Access Points
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Chapter 10 Configuring Authentication Types
Configuring Authentication Types
Configuring Authentication Types
This section describes how to configure authentication types. You attach configuration types to the
access point’s SSIDs. See Chapter 7, “Configuring Multiple SSIDs,” for details on setting up multiple
SSIDs. This section contains these topics:
• Default Authentication Settings, page 10-10
• Assigning Authentication Types to an SSID, page 10-10
• Configuring Authentication Holdoffs, Timeouts, and Intervals, page 10-16
Default Authentication Settings
The default SSID on the access point is tsunami. Table 10-2 shows the default authentication settings for
the default SSID.
Assigning Authentication Types to an SSID
Beginning in privileged EXEC mode, follow these steps to configure authentication types for SSIDs:
Table 10-2 Default Authentication Configuration
Feature Default Setting
SSID tsunami
Guest Mode SSID tsunami (The access point broadcasts this SSID in
its beacon and allows client devices with no SSID
to associate.)
Command Purpose
Step 1
configure terminal Enter global configuration mode.
Step 2
interface dot11radio { 0 | 1 } Enter interface configuration mode for the radio interface. The
2.4-GHz radio is radio 0, and the 5-GHz radio is radio 1.
Step 3
ssid ssid-string Create an SSID and enter SSID configuration mode for the new
SSID. The SSID can consist of up to 32 alphanumeric
characters. SSIDs are case sensitive.
Note Do not include spaces in SSIDs.