SSID Profile
Overview
SSIDs identify different wireless networks. When you search for available wireless networks on your laptop, the displayed wireless network names are SSIDs.
- SSID hiding: When creating a WLAN, configure an AP to hide the SSID of the WLAN to ensure security. Only the users who know the SSID can connect to the WLAN.
- Maximum number of STAs: More access users on a VAP indicate fewer network resources that each user can occupy. To ensure Internet experience of users, you can configure a proper maximum number of access users on a VAP according to actual network situations.
- SSID hiding when the number of STAs reaches the maximum: When this function is enabled and the number of access users on a WLAN reaches the maximum, the SSID of the WLAN is hidden and new users cannot search for the SSID.
- Denying access of non-HT STAs: Non-HT STAs that support only 802.11a, 802.11b, and 802.11g protocols cannot access a wireless network. These terminals provide a rate far smaller than 802.11n and 802.11ac terminals. If the non-HT STAs access the wireless network, data transmission rates of the 802.11n and 802.11ac terminals are decreased. To ensure data transmission rates of the 802.11n and 802.11ac terminals, access of non-HT STAs is denied.
- STA association timeout period: If an AP receives no data packet from a STA in a continuous period of time, the STA goes offline after the association timeout period expires.
- DTIM interval: The DTIM interval specifies how many Beacon frames are sent by an AP before the Beacon frame that contains the DTIM. The Beacon frame carrying DTIM wakes a STA in power-saving mode, and transmits the broadcast and multicast frames saved on the AP to the STA.
CLI-based Procedure
For details about how to configure an SSID profile, see Configuring an SSID Profile in the Configuration - WLAN Service Configuration Guide.
Web-based Procedure
- Log in to the web platform, and choose or . Click the AP group name or AP ID to access the AP group or AP configuration page.
Select Display all profiles, choose , and select an existing profile or create a new one.
Access the profile page. For more configurations, click Advanced Configuration. Table 3-3 describes the related parameters.
Figure 3-19 SSID Profile
Item |
Description |
|---|---|
SSID |
SSID. The value is a string of 1 to 32 characters. If the SSID starts with a space, the value is a string of 1 to 30 characters. If the SSID starts with a double quotation mark ("), the value is a string of 1 to 31 characters. |
Hide SSID |
Whether to enable SSID hiding in Beacon frames. By default, this function is disabled. |
Maximum number of STAs |
Maximum number of access STAs on a single VAP. The value range is 1 to 512. The default value is 64. |
Action upon reaching the maximum |
Action to be taken when the maximum number of access STAs is reached:
|
Disable non-HT terminal access |
Non-HT STAs refer to 802.11a, 802.11b, and 802.11g STAs. By default, this function is disabled. |
Denied STA type |
|
Association timeout (min) |
If an AP receives no data packet from a STA in a consecutive period of time, the STA goes offline after the association timeout period is reached. The value range is 1 to 30. The default value is 5. |
802.11ac Configuration/802.11ax Configuration |
- |
Number of transmit spatial streams |
- |
Maximum transmit MCS value |
- |
Number of receive spatial streams |
- |
Maximum receive MCS value |
- |
802.11r |
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802.11r fast roaming |
The 802.11r protocol defines the Fast BSS Transition (FT) function that reduces the number of information exchanges between STAs in the same mobility domain (MD) and does not require 802.1X authentication or key negotiation during STA roaming. Users are unaware of service interruption and experience low-latency data services during roaming, so their online experience is improved. By default, this function is disabled. |
Re-association timeout interval(s) |
The value range is 1 to 10. The default value is 1. |
Inbound CAR Parameters/Outbound CAR Parameters |
- |
CIR (kbit/s) |
Average rate of traffic that can pass through in the specified direction. The value range is 64 to 4294967295. |
PIR (kbit/s) |
Maximum rate of traffic that can pass through in the specified direction. The value range is 64 to 4294967295. |
CBS (bytes) |
Average volume of committed burst traffic that can pass through in the specified direction. The value range is 1500 to 4294967295. |
PBS (bytes) |
Maximum volume of burst traffic that can pass through in the specified direction. The value range is 1500 to 4294967295. |
Admin Frame Expense Optimization |
- |
Beacon frame rate on 2.4G radio (Mbps) |
Rate at which 2.4 GHz Beacon frames are sent. |
Beacon frame rate on 5G radio (Mbps) |
Rate at which 5 GHz Beacon frames are sent. |
Deny broadcast probe |
Whether to enable an AP not to respond to broadcast Probe Request frames. By default, this function is disabled. |
Probe response retransmission |
Number of times Probe Response packets are retransmitted. |
Others |
- |
AP name broadcast |
Whether to enable Beacon frames to carry the AP name. By default, this function is disabled. |
DTIM interval |
Number of Beacon frames sent before a Beacon frame that contains the DTIM. The value range is 1 to 255. The default value is 1. |
U-APSD power saving mode |
By default, this function is disabled. |
Inter-AC Roaming |
By default, this function is enabled. |
MU-MIMO |
Whether to enable MU-MIMO. By default, this function is enabled. |
MU-MIMO enhancement |
Whether to enable MU-MIMO enhancement. By default, this function is disabled. |
STA service assurance |
Performance first Reliability first |