Overview
After parameters in a VAP profile are configured, and the VAP profile is bound to an AP group or AP, virtual access points (VAPs) are created on APs. VAPs provide wireless access services for STAs. You can configure parameters in the VAP profile to enable APs to provide different wireless services.
A VAP profile can reference the following profiles:
- SSID profile: used to configure SSIDs of WLANs. In the profile, you can also disable access of non-HT STAs and set the association aging time of STAs and delivery traffic indication message (DTIM) interval. For details, see Configuring an SSID Profile.
- Security profile: used to configure security policies of WLANs, including policies for authentication and encryption of STAs. Security policies include open system authentication, WEP, WPA/WPA2-PSK, WPA/WPA2-802.1X, WAPI-PSK, and WAPI-certificate. For details, see Security Policy Configuration.
- Traffic profile: used to configure priority mapping and traffic policing functions of WLANs. After the WMM function is enabled on the STA and AP, the priority mapping function allows you to configure methods for mapping upstream priorities of packets, upstream tunnel priorities, and downstream priorities. The traffic policing function limits packet sending rates of wireless STAs. For details, see Configuring Priority Mapping and Configuring Traffic Policing.
- Authentication profile: used to manage network admission control (NAC) configurations. You can bind access profiles (including the 802.1X access profile, MAC access profile, and Portal access profile) to authentication profiles to determine configurations of the access protocols. After the authentication profile configuration is complete, bind it to an interface or VAP profile to authenticate and control access users. For details, see "NAC Configuration (Unified Mode)" in the S2720, S5700, and S6700 V200R019C10 Configuration Guide - User Access and Authentication Configuration Guide.