Chapter 3 Setup Wizard
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The screen varies depending on the security type you selected.
• SSID - Enter a descriptive name of up to 32 printable characters for the wireless LAN.
• VLAN ID: Enter a VLAN ID for the NWA/WAC to use to tag traffic originating from this SSID.
• Band Mode: Select the wireless band which this profile should use. 2.4 GHz is the frequency used by
IEEE 802.11b/g/n wireless clients. 5 GHz is the frequency used by IEEE 802.11ac/a/n wireless clients.
Not all NWA/WACs support both 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz frequency bands.
• Security Type: Select WPA2 to add security on this wireless network. Otherwise, select OPEN to allow
any wireless client to associate this network without authentication.
• PSK (Pre-shared Key): If you set Security Type to wpa2 and select PSK, enter a pre-shared key of
between 8 and 63 case-sensitive ASCII characters (including spaces and symbols) or 64 hexadecimal
characters.
• 802.1x: Select 802.1x and the Primary / Secondary Radius Server check box to have the NWA/WAC
use the specified RADIUS server. You have to enter the IP address, port number and shared secret
password of the RADIUS server to be used for authentication.
Click OK to proceed. Click Cancel to close the screen without saving.
Figure 24 Wizard: SSID: Edit (WPA2)