Hub/Switch Reference Guide

AP Commands 263
Nortel WLAN—Security Switch 2300 Series Command Line Reference
Usage Use this command to configure the preshared key that a Mesh AP uses to authenticate to a
Mesh Portal AP. You must connect the AP to an WSS switch and enter this command to configure
the AP for mesh services prior to deploying the Mesh AP in its final untethered location.
WSS converts the passphrase into a 256-bit binary number for system use and a raw hexadecimal
key to store in the WSS configuration. Neither the binary number nor the passphrase itself is ever
displayed in the configuration. To use PSK authentication, you must enable it and you also must
enable the WPA IE.
Examples The following command configures AP 7 to use passphrase
“1234567890123<>?=+&% The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy sl” when authenticating with
a Mesh Portal AP
WSS# set ap 7 boot-configuration mesh psk-phrase "1234567890123<>?=+&% The
quick brown fox jumps over the lazy sl"
success: change accepted.
See Also
• set ap boot-configuration mesh ssid on page 254
• set service-profile mesh on page 320
• show ap mesh-links on page 357
set ap boot-configuration mesh psk-raw
Configures a raw hexadecimal preshared key (PSK) to use for authenticating a Mesh AP to a Mesh Portal AP.
Radios use the PSK as a pairwise master key (PMK) to derive unique pairwise session keys for individual
WPA clients.
Syntax set ap ap-number boot-configuration mesh psk-raw hex
Defaults None.
Access Enabled.
History Introduced in WSS Version 6.0.
Usage Use this command to configure the preshared key that a Mesh AP uses to authenticate to a
Mesh Portal AP. You must connect the AP to an WSS switch and enter this command to configure
the AP for mesh services prior to deploying the Mesh AP in its final untethered location.
WSS Software converts the hexadecimal number into a 256-bit binary number for system use. WSS
Software also stores the hexadecimal key in the WSS configuration. The binary number is never
displayed in the configuration. To use PSK authentication, you must enable it and you also must
enable WPA IE.
ap ap-number Index value that identifies the AP on the WSS.
hex A 64-bit ASCII string representing a 32-digit hexadecimal number. Enter
the two-character ASCII form of each hexadecimal number.