Requirement:Prior to 4.2 code, the SSID name will be same as SSID profile name.
Need to make SSID name to be different than the SSID profile name.
Solution:Prior to 4.2 code, the SSID name will be same as SSID profile name.
From 4.2 code we can change the SSID name to be different than the SSID profile name.
A new knob "ESSID" is been added in the SSID profile.
Configuration:
in Webui:
in CLI:
IAP (config) # wlan ssid-profile test
IAP (SSID Profile "test") # essid test-psk
Verification
IAP# show network
Networks
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Profile Name ESSID Clients Type Band Authentication Method Key Management IP Assignment Status Zone Coding
------------ ----- ------- ---- ---- --------------------- -------------- ------------- ------ ---- ------
test test-psk 1 employee all None WPA2-AES Default VLAN Enabled - Default
IAP# show clients
Client List
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Name IP Address MAC Address OS ESSID Access Point Channel Type Role IPv6 Address Signal Speed (mbps)
---- ---------- ----------- -- ----- ------------ ------- ---- ---- ------------ ------ ------------
root-PC 10.65.84.94 36:13:00:00:00:01 test-psk 94:b4:0f:ca:bc:2e 36+ AN test -- 38(good) 240(good)
Number of Clients :1