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In the Profile Details entry for the new virtual AP profile, navigate to the AAA Profile drop-down list and select
the AAA profile you previously configured to reveal the AAA Profile pop-up window. Click Apply to set the AAA
profile and close the pop-up window.
In the CLI
wlan virtual-ap corpnet
vlan 1
aaa-profile corpnet
ap-group default
virtual-ap corpnet
Creating a new SSID Profile
Follow the procedures below to create a new SSID profile and associate that profile to your Virtual AP.
In the WebUI
1. Navigate to the Configuration > Wireless > AP Configuration > AP Group page.
2. Click Edit for the “default” AP group.
3. Select Wireless LAN (under Profiles), then select Virtual AP.
4. Click the new Virtual AP name in the Profiles list.
5. Select New from the SSID Profile drop-down menu in the Profile Details entry for the new virtual AP profile.
This launches an SSID profile pop-up window.
6. Click the Basic tab, and enter the name for the SSID profile (for example, SSIDprofile).
7. Enter a name in the Network Name (SSID) field (for example, Corpnet).
8. Select WPA2 for Network Authentication.
9. Configure other basic SSID profile settings, as described in Table 31.
10. Click the Advanced tab and click SSID Enable to enable the SSID.
11. (Optional) Configure advanced SSID profile settings, as described in Table 32.
12. Click Apply to set the SSID profile and close the pop-up window.
13. Click Apply again at the bottom of the Profile Details window.
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Steering Mode Band steering supports the following three different band steering modes.
 Force-5GHz: When the AP is configured in force-5GHz band steering mode, the AP will try to
force 5Ghz-capable APs to use that radio band.
 Prefer-5GHz (Default): If you configure the AP to use prefer-5GHz band steering mode, the AP
will try to steer the client to 5G band (if the client is 5G capable) but will let the client connect
on the 2.4G band if the client persists in 2.4G association attempts.
 Balance-bands: In this band steering mode, the AP tries to balance the clients across the two
radios in order to best utilize the available 2.4G bandwidth. This feature takes into account the
fact that the 5Ghz band has more channels than the 2.4 Ghz band, and that the 5Ghz channels
operate in 40MHz while the 2.5Ghz band operates in 20MHz.
Table 31 Basic SSID Profile Parameters
Parameter Description
Network Name Name that uniquely identifies a wireless network. The network name, or ESSID can be up to 31
characters. If the ESSID includes spaces, you must enclose it in quotation marks.
Table 30 Virtual AP Profile Parameters (Continued)
Parameter Description