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SonicOS 5.8.1 Administrator Guide
Creating the Wireless VAP
In this section, you will create and configure a new Virtual Access Point and associate it with
the wireless subnet you created in “Creating a New Wireless Subnet” section on page 509.
General Tab
Step 1 In the left-hand menu, navigate to the Wireless > Virtual Access Point page.
Step 2 Click the Add... button in the Virtual Access Points section.
Step 3 Enter a default name (SSID) for the VAP. In this case we chose Campus_Faculty. This is the
name users will see when choosing a wireless network to connect with.
Step 4 Select the Subnet Name you created in “Creating a New Wireless Subnet” section on page 509
from the drop-down list. In this case we chose Facult
y, the name of our WLAN_Faculty subnet.
Step 5 Check the Enable Virtual Access Point checkbox to enable this access point upon creation.
Step 6 Check the Enable SSID Suppress checkbox to hide this SSID from users.
Step 7 Click the OK button to add this VAP.
Your new VAP now appears in the Virtual Access Points list.
Advanced Tab (Authentication Settings)
Step 1 Click the Advanced Tab to edit encryption settings. If you created a VAP Profile in the previous
section, select that profile from the Profile Name list. We created and choose a “Corporate-
WPA2” profile, which uses WPA2-AUTO-EAP as the authentication method. If you have not set
up a VAP Profile, continue with steps 2 through 4. Otherwise, continue to Create More / Deploy
Current VAPs, page 510.
Step 2 In the Advanced tab, select WPA2-AUTO-EAP from the Authentication Type drop-down
menu. This will employ an automatic user authentication based on your current RADIUS server
settings (Set below).
Step 3 In the Maximum Clients field, enter the maximum number of concurrent connections VAP will
support.
Step 4 In the WPA-EAP Encryption Settings section, enter your current RADIUS server information.
This information will be used to support authenticated login to the wireless subnet.
Create More / Deploy Current VAPs
Now that you have successfully set up a wireless subnet for faculty access, you can choose to
add more custom VAPs, or to deploy this configuration to your internal wireless radio in the
“Deploying VAPs to the Wireless Radio” section on page 511.
Tip Remember that more VAPs can always be added at a later time. New VAPs can then be
deployed simultaneously by following the steps in the “Deploying VAPs to the Wireless
Radio” section on page 511.