User Manual Part 6

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SSID Profile
Configure SSID Profiles using the SSID Profile.
SSID Profile
To add a wireless SSID profile, click Add New Profile. You can add multiple SSID profiles for the Sensor/AP combo
operating in the AP mode. When in AP mode, a single physical AP device can be logically split up into multiple
virtual AP's. Each wireless profile represents the configuration settings of a virtual AP. Multiple virtual APs can be
configured on a single radio. Up to 8 such virtual AP's can be configured using the Add New Profile dialog box.
To delete a profile from the list, select the respective row, and click Delete.
A virtual AP has the following features:
 Each virtual AP supports Open, WPA (TKIP), WPA2 (CCMP) or WPA/WPA2 (TKIP+CCMP) security.
Distinct virtual AP's can have different security modes.
 Each virtual AP can be used to provide distinct services that are independent of each other.
 Data from the individual virtual AP’s can be assigned to a VLAN, so that data transmitted and received
over one virtual AP is not mixed with that over any other virtual AP. Thus, data from a virtual AP is not
visible outside that virtual AP.
The security settings for a virtual AP could be either of the following:
 Open: Open means no security settings are to be applied. This is the default security setting.
 WEP: WEP stands for Wireless Equivalent Privacy. WEP is a deprecated security algorithm for IEEE 802.11
networks. This has been provided for backward compatibility purpose only.