Creating an SSID and Applying a Security Policy to an SSID Group in WNM

08/29/2023 9 People found this article helpful 235,698 Views

Description

The Policies > SSID Policies page is used for creating and managing SSID policies. The table of SSIDs and SSID groups has fields for Name (of group)/SSID, Band Selection, and Security, which shows which security policies are applied to the SSID or to the group.

The Security Policies tab allows you to select which security policies to apply to this SSID. Some of the security policies might have several versions, created to be applied separately to SSIDs or groups of SSIDs. All of the policies configured on your network are available for activation.

Resolution

To apply a security policy to an SSID group

Navigate to Policies > SSID Policies. A page displays that lists all of your SSID groups and the security policies applied to them
Click + Add at the top right to bring up the Add SSID Group page. This gives you a choice to create a new SSID group to which you can apply this policy
Add an SSID Group Name and click OK. You have created an SSID Group to which you can apply the policy. It can be seen on the SSID Policies screen
Click + Add on the right side of the screen in the row for your SSID Group. The Add SSID screen displays. The name of the SSID you are adding appears in the title line of the page
Click the General tab
Enter the SSID Name you created
Authenticate with your passphrase
From the drop-down list, choose the type of policy you want to apply
From the drop-down list, choose the type of policy you want to apply
Click OK
On the SSID Policies screen, click to expand the SSID Group you created and show your SSID
The Security column shows that the security policy is applied
If you want to edit the SSID Group to have a different policy applied, click Config/Edit at the end of the row to go to the Edit SSID, with the name of the group in the title line
Click Security Policy and select the policy to be applied
Click OK, to see in the Security column that the correct policy has been applied