Concept Guide
Table Of Contents
- About this Guide
- About Instant
- Setting up a W-IAP
- Automatic Retrieval of Configuration
- Instant User Interface
- Initial Configuration Tasks
- Customizing W-IAP Settings
- Modifying the W-IAP Host Name
- Configuring Zone Settings on a W-IAP
- Specifying a Method for Obtaining IP Address
- Configuring External Antenna
- Configuring Radio Profiles for a W-IAP
- Configuring Uplink VLAN for a W-IAP
- Changing the W-IAP Installation Mode
- Changing USB Port Status
- Master Election and Virtual Controller
- Adding a W-IAP to the Network
- Removing a W-IAP from the Network
- VLAN Configuration
- IPv6 Support
- Wireless Network Profiles
- Configuring Wireless Network Profiles
- Configuring Fast Roaming for Wireless Clients
- Configuring Modulation Rates on a WLAN SSID
- Multi-User-MIMO
- Management Frame Protection
- Disabling Short Preamble for Wireless Client
- Editing Status of a WLAN SSID Profile
- Editing a WLAN SSID Profile
- Deleting a WLAN SSID Profile
- Wired Profiles
- Captive Portal for Guest Access
- Understanding Captive Portal
- Configuring a WLAN SSID for Guest Access
- Configuring Wired Profile for Guest Access
- Configuring Internal Captive Portal for Guest Network
- Configuring External Captive Portal for a Guest Network
- Configuring Facebook Login
- Configuring Guest Logon Role and Access Rules for Guest Users
- Configuring Captive Portal Roles for an SSID
- Configuring Walled Garden Access
- Authentication and User Management
- Managing W-IAP Users
- Supported Authentication Methods
- Supported EAP Authentication Frameworks
- Configuring Authentication Servers
- Understanding Encryption Types
- Configuring Authentication Survivability
- Configuring 802.1X Authentication for a Network Profile
- Enabling 802.1X Supplicant Support
- Configuring MAC Authentication for a Network Profile
- Configuring MAC Authentication with 802.1X Authentication
- Configuring MAC Authentication with Captive Portal Authentication
- Configuring WISPr Authentication
- Blacklisting Clients
- Uploading Certificates
- Roles and Policies
- DHCP Configuration
- Configuring Time-Based Services
- Dynamic DNS Registration
- VPN Configuration
- IAP-VPN Deployment
- Adaptive Radio Management
- Deep Packet Inspection and Application Visibility
- Voice and Video
- Services
- Configuring AirGroup
- Configuring a W-IAP for RTLS Support
- Configuring a W-IAP for Analytics and Location Engine Support
- Managing BLE Beacons
- Clarity Live
- Configuring OpenDNS Credentials
- Integrating a W-IAP with Palo Alto Networks Firewall
- Integrating a W-IAP with an XML API Interface
- CALEA Integration and Lawful Intercept Compliance
- Cluster Security
- W-IAP Management and Monitoring
- Uplink Configuration
- Intrusion Detection
- Mesh W-IAP Configuration
- Mobility and Client Management
- Spectrum Monitor
- W-IAP Maintenance
- Monitoring Devices and Logs
- Hotspot Profiles
- ClearPass Guest Setup
- IAP-VPN Deployment Scenarios
- Acronyms and Abbreviations
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Chapter 33
Hotspot Profiles
This chapter contains the following topics:
l Understanding Hotspot Profiles on page 373
l Configuring Hotspot Profiles on page 375
l Sample Configuration on page 386
In the current release, Instant supports the hotspot profile configuration only through the CLI.
Understanding Hotspot Profiles
Hotspot 2.0 (Passpoint Release 1) is a Wi-Fi Alliance specification based on the 802.11u protocol, which allows
wireless clients to discover hotspots using management frames (such as beacon, association request, and
association response), connect to networks, and roam between networks without additional authentication.
Hotspot 2.0 provides the following services:
l Network discovery and selection—Allows the clients to discover suitable and available networks by
advertising the access network type, roaming consortium, and venue information through the management
frames. For network discovery and selection, Generic Advertisement Service (GAS) and Access Network
Query Protocol (ANQP) are used.
l QOS Mapping—Provides a mapping between the network-layer QoS packet marking and over- the-air QoS
frame marking based on user priority.
When a hotspot is configured in a network:
l The clients search for available hotspots using the beacon management frame.
l When a hotspot is found, the client sends queries to obtain information about the type of network
authentication and IP address, and IP address availability using the Generic Advertisement Service (GAS)
action frames.
l Based on the response of the advertisement server (response to the GAS Action Frames), the relevant
hotspot is selected and the client attempts to associate with it.
l Based on the authentication mode used for mobility clients, the client authenticates to access the network.
Generic Advertisement Service (GAS)
GAS is a request-response protocol, that provides L2 transport mechanism between a wireless client and a
server in the network prior to authentication. It helps to determine an 802.11 infrastructure before associating
clients and allows clients to send queries to multiple 802.11 networks in parallel.