Related tasks
Adding a Connection Profile on page 139
Configuring an Authentication Profile on page 135
4.4.8 Connection Profiles
Use the Configuration > System > Connection Profiles page to configure profiles based on IP
address, device type, client application, or any combination of these. Once you have created a
connection profile, you can reference it on the Configuration > System > Authentication page.
Authentication profiles determine how connection profiles are authenticated.
For instance, you could:
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Set up a connection profile for iOS devices, and then create an authentication profile that
requires authentication for web browsing using the Captive Portal feature.
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Create a connection profile for client applications (not including web browsers) that access
the internet (for example, iTunes), and then exempt them from authentication.
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Create a connection profile of the IP range provided on your "guest" wireless network, and
exempt that IP range from authentication.
Related concepts
About Authentication on page 132
Authentication on page 131
4.4.8.1 Adding a Connection Profile
Configure a connection profile based on connection sources, including IP addresses, device
types, and client applications.
The Connection Profile Editor contains tabs for IP Addresses, Devices, and Client Applications.
Often, you will configure options on just one of the tabs, but you can configure a combination of
options on two or three tabs. For example you could specify a certain form of authentication for
all Windows computers in the 192.0.2.0/24 range.Windows computers outside of this range would
be authenticated differently.
There is an "and" relationship between the settings on each tab. In other words, the combination
of IP address, device, and client application settings always applies to each profile.
Important: Any connection profile that you create here does not take effect until you reference
it as part of an authentication profile. For more about authentication and using the Authentication
Profile Editor, see “Authentication.”
1. On the Configuration > System > Connection Profiles page, click Add.
2. In the Connection profile name text box, enter a meaningful name for the profile you are
about to create.
3. Define the profile using one or more of the three tabs: IP Addresses, Devices, and Client
Applications.
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IP Addresses
Select Include all IPs in this profile
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