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CHAPTER 19
AP Profile
19.1 Overview
This chapter shows you how to configure preset profiles for the Access Points (APs) connected to your
NXC’s wireless network.
19.1.1 What You Can Do in this Chapter
• The Radio screen (Section 19.2 on page 258) creates radio configurations that can be used by the
APs.
• The SSID screen (Section 19.3 on page 265) configures three different types of profiles for your
networked APs.
19.1.2 What You Need To Know
The following terms and concepts may help as you read this chapter.
Wireless Profiles
At the heart of all wireless AP configurations on the NXC are profiles. A profile represents a group of
saved settings that you can use across any number of connected APs. You can set up the following
wireless profile types:
• Radio - This profile type defines the properties of an AP’s radio transmitter. You can have a maximum
of 32 radio profiles on the NXC.
• SSID - This profile type defines the properties of a single wireless network signal broadcast by an AP.
Each radio on a single AP can broadcast up to 8 SSIDs. You can have a maximum of 32 SSID profiles
on the NXC.
• Security - This profile type defines the security settings used by a single SSID. It controls the encryption
method required for a wireless client to associate itself with the SSID. You can have a maximum of 32
security profiles on the NXC.
• MAC Filtering - This profile provides an additional layer of security for an SSID, allowing you to block
access or allow access to that SSID based on wireless client MAC addresses. If a client’s MAC address
is on the list, then it is either allowed or denied, depending on how you set up the MAC Filter profile.
You can have a maximum of 32 MAC filtering profiles on the NXC.
• Layer-2 Isolation - This profile can be used to prevent connected wireless clients from communicating
with each other in the NXC’s wireless network(s), on which layer-2 isolation is enabled, except the
devices in the layer-2 isolation list.
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