Open Authentication

using no credentials.

• Clients should be authenticated by some means before they can become functioning members of a wLAN.
• With each type, you will begin by creating a new WLAN on the WLC, assigning a controller interface, enabling the WLAN.

Open Authentication

• The original 802.11 standard offered only two choices to authenticate a client: Open Authentication and WEP.
• The only requirement is that a client must use an 802.11 authentication request before it attempts to associate with an AP.
• No other credentials are needed.

Creating a WLAN with Open Authentication

• Create a new WLAN, map it to the correct VLAN.
• Go to the General tab, enter the SSID, apply the appropriate controller interface, and change the status to Enabled.
• Next, configure security and user authenticati on parameters. Select the L2 tab, then L2 Security drop-down to None.
• Verify the WLAN and its security settings from WLANs > Edit General tab

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