Meru Technical Note - Configuring Clear security profile
Configuring Clear security profile.
Scope
KB ARTICLE TYPE: Configuration
RELATED PRODUCTS: controller
RELATED SOFTWARE VERSIONS: N/A
KEYWORDS: security, profile, subnet
Solution
CONFIGURATION STEPS:
GUI steps:
Step 1 : Go to Configuration tab > Click on Security > create security profile with “L2 allowed mode” set to clear with all other settings left to default.
STEP 2: Click OK and save the settings
CLI Steps:
Step 1: Get into the CLI of the controller through telnet, hyper terminal or SSH
Step 2 : Get into config terminal mode and use the following commands
Step 3 : MeruController1# configure terminal
MeruController1(config)# security-profile <profile name>
MeruController1(config-security)# allowed-l2-modes clear
MeruController1(config-security)# exit
MeruController1(config)# exit
Step 4 : Save the running config to startup config
Step 5 : Use the following command to see the security profile
MeruController1# sh security-profile <profile-name>
MeruController1# sh security-profile <profile-name>
Security Profile Table | |
Security Profile Name | <profile-name> |
L2 Modes Allowed | clear |
Data Encrypt | none |
Primary RADIUS Profile Name | |
Secondary RADIUS Profile Name | |
WEP Key (Alphanumeric/Hexadecimal) | ***** |
Static WEP Key Index | 1 |
Re-Key Period (seconds) | 0 |
Captive Portal | disabled |
802.1X Network Initiation | off |
Shared Key Authentication | off |
Pre-shared Key (Alphanumeric/Hexadecimal) | ***** |
Group Keying Interval (seconds) | 0 |
Key Rotation | disabled |
Reauthentication | off |
MAC Filtering | off |
Firewall Capability | none |
Firewall Filter ID | |
Security Logging | off |
Allow mentioned IP/Subnet to pass through Captive portal | 0.0.0.0 |
Subnet Mask for allowed IP/Subnet to pass through Captive portal | 0.0.0.0 |
MeruController1# | |
EXPECTED BEHAVIOUR: Wireless clients connecting to the ssid with “clear” security profile will be seeing the network as unsecured. Users would get access to the network without any authentication.
