Specifications

Configuring Access Points
9-40 Configuring Access Points
Disabling or Reenabling Encryption for an SSID
TospecifywhethertheSSIDisencryptedorunencrypted,usethefollowingcommand:
set service-profile name ssid-type [clear | crypto]
Thedefaultiscrypto.
Disabling or Reenabling Beaconing of an SSID
TospecifywhethertheSSIDisbeaconed,usethefollowingcommand:
set service-profile name beacon {enable | disable}
SSIDsarebeaconedbydefault.
AnAPradiorespondstoan802.11probeanyrequestonlyforabeaconedSSID.Aclientthatsends
aprobeanyrequestreceivesaseparateresponseforeachofthebeaconedSSIDssupportedbya
radio.ForanonbeaconedSSID,radiosrespondonlytodirected
802.11proberequeststhatmatch
thenonbeaconedSSID’sSSIDstring.
Whenyoudisablebeaconing foranSSID,theradiostillsendsbeaconframes,buttheSSIDnamein
theframesisblank.
Changing the Fallthru Authentication Type
Bydefault,MSSdeniesaccesstouserswhodonotmatchan802.1XorMACauthenticationrule,
andthereforefallthroughtheseauthenticationtypes.Youcanchangethefallthrumethodtolast‐
resortorweb‐portal.
Tochangethefallthrumethod,usethefollowingcommand:
set service-profile name auth-fallthru {last-resort | none | web-portal}
(Formoreinformationaboutnetworkuserauthentication,refertoChapter 17,”Configuring
AAAforNetworkUsers”.)