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240 Configuring AP access points
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Service Profiles
A service profile controls advertisement and encryption for an SSID. You can specify the following:
Whether SSIDs that use the service profile are beaconed
Whether the SSIDs are encrypted or clear (unencrypted)
For encrypted SSIDs, the encryption settings to use
The fallthru authentication method for users that are not authenticated with 802.1X or MAC authentication
Table 8 lists the parameters controlled by a service profile and their default values.
Table 8: Defaults for Service Profile Parameters
Parameter
Default
Value
Radio Behavior When
Parameter Set To Default
Value
auth-dot1x enable When the Wi-Fi Protected Access
(WPA) information element (IE) is
enabled, uses 802.1X to authenticate
WPA clients.
auth-fallthru web-portal Uses Web-based AAA for users who do
not match an 802.1X or MAC
authentication rule for the SSID
requested by the user.
auth-psk disable Does not support using a preshared key
(PSK) to authenticate WPA clients.
beacon enable Sends beacons to advertise the SSID
managed by the service profile.
cipher-ccmp disable Does not use Counter with Cipher
Block Chaining Message
Authentication Code Protocol (CCMP)
to encrypt traffic sent to WPA clients.
cipher-tkip enable When the WPA IE is enabled, uses
Temporal Key Integrity Protocol
(TKIP) to encrypt traffic sent to WPA
clients.
cipher-wep104 disable Does not use Wired Equivalent Privacy
(WEP) with 104-bit keys to encrypt
traffic sent to WPA clients.
cipher-wep40 disable Does not use WEP with 40-bit keys to
encrypt traffic sent to WPA clients.
psk-phrase No passphrase
defined
Uses dynamically generated keys rather
than statically configured keys to
authenticate WPA clients.
psk-raw No preshared
key defined
Uses dynamically generated keys rather
than statically configured keys to
authenticate WPA clients.