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You can apply the same virtual AP profiles to the AP groups shown in Table 23. For example, there are users in
both Edmonton and Toronto that access the same “Corpnet” WLAN. Note that if your WLAN requires
authentication to an external server, you may want to have users who associate with the APs in Toronto
authenticate with their local servers. In this case, you can configure a slightly different AAA profiles; one that
references authentication servers in the Edmonton and the other that references servers in Toronto (Table 24).
When you assign a profile to an individual AP, the values in the profile override the profile assigned to the AP
group to which the AP belongs. The exception is the virtual AP profile. You can apply multiple virtual AP profiles
to individual APs, as well as to AP groups.
You can exclude one or more virtual AP profiles from an individual AP. This prevents a virtual AP, defined at the
AP group level, from being applied to a specific AP. For example, you can apply the virtual AP profile that
corresponds to the “Corpnet” SSID to the “default” AP group. If you do not want the “Corpnet” SSID to be
advertised on the AP in the lobby, you can specify the virtual AP profile that contains the “Corpnet” SSID
configuration be excluded from that AP.
Figure 21 Excluding a Virtual AP Profile from an AP
Regulatory Domain “default” “default”
SNMP “default” “default”
Table 23 AP Profiles to AP Groups
AP Profiles “default” AP Group “Toronto” AP Group
Note: Each instance of a profile must have a unique name. In the example above, there are two different AP system profiles,
therefore each instance should have a unique name.
Table 24 Applying WLAN Profiles to AP Groups
WLAN Profiles “default” AP Group “Toronto” AP Group
Virtual AP “Corpnet-E” “Corpnet-T”
SSID “Corpnet” “Corpnet”
AAA “E-Servers” “T-Servers”
“DEFAULT” AP GROUP
“Corpnet” virtual AP profile
applied to the AP group
but not to this AP
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