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Cisco 3200 Series Wireless MIC Software Configuration Guide
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Chapter 3 Administering the WMIC
Protecting the Wireless LAN
This example shows how to set the configure command to privilege level 14 and define SecretPswd14
as the password users must enter to use level 14 commands:
bridge(config)# privilege exec level 14 configure
bridge(config)# enable password level 14 SecretPswd14
Logging Into and Exiting a Privilege Level
Beginning in privileged EXEC mode, follow these steps to log in to a specified privilege level and to exit
to a specified privilege level:
Protecting the Wireless LAN
Configure security settings to prevent unauthorized access to your network. Because it is a radio device,
the WMIC can communicate beyond the physical boundaries of your building. Advanced security
features can be found in the following chapters:
• A unique SSID that are not broadcast in the beacon (see Chapter 5, “Configuring SSIDs”)
• WEP and WEP features (see Chapter 7, “Configuring WEP and WEP Features”)
• Dynamic WEP authentication (see Chapter 8, “Configuring Authentication Types”)
Using VLANs
Assign SSIDs to the VLANs on the wireless LAN. If you do not use VLANs on the wireless LAN, the
security options that can be assigned to SSIDs are limited, because encryption settings and
authentication types are linked. Without VLANs, encryption settings (WEP and ciphers) are applied to
an interface and no more than one encryption setting can be used on each interface.
For example, if an SSID with static WEP is created with VLANs disabled, an additional SSIDs with
WPA authentication cannot be created because of the different encryption settings. If a security setting
for an SSID conflicts with another SSID, delete one or more SSIDs to eliminate the conflict.
Command Purpose
Step 1
enable level Log in to a specified privilege level.
For level, the range is 0 to 15.
Step 2
disable level Exit to a specified privilege level.
For level, the range is 0 to 15.