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WLAN Wireless Local Area Network. WLAN is a 802.11 standards-based LAN that the users access through a wireless connection. clients connecting to an SSID Service Set Identifier. SSID is a name given to a WLAN and is used by the client to access a WLAN network. in the network can authenticate to a server based on the security profile configured on the SSID. You can create and associate an external authentication server when configuring a security profile for an WLAN SSID.
In a bridge mode, the authentication is performed at the AP level.
To configure an external authentication server for a WLAN SSID profile, complete the following steps:
- To access the WLAN SSID configuration wizard for a new SSID profile or an existing SSID profile, see Configuring a WLAN SSID Profile in Bridge Mode or Configuring a WLAN SSID Profile in Tunnel and Mixed Mode.
- In the WLAN SSID configuration wizard, click the Security tab.
- In , select Enterprise.
- Perform one of the following actions:
To add a new external authentication server, click + next to Primary Server or Secondary Server.
The New Server pop-up window is displayed.
To edit an existing external authentication server, click the edit icon next to Primary Server or Secondary Server.
The Edit Server pop-up window is displayed.
- In the New Server pop-up window, select one of the following from the Server Type drop-down list:
- RADIUS Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service. An Industry-standard network access protocol for remote authentication. It allows authentication, authorization, and accounting of remote users who want to access network resources. —To configure RADIUS authentication server, see Configuring RADIUS Authentication Server for a WLAN SSID Profile.
- LDAP Lightweight Directory Access Protocol. LDAP is a communication protocol that provides the ability to access and maintain distributed directory information services over a network.—To configure LDAP authentication server, see Configuring LDAP Authentication Server for a WLAN SSID Profile
- Dynamic Authorization—To configure dynamic authorization server, see Configuring Dynamic Authorization Servers for a WLAN SSID Profile.
- Click OK.
