Configuring Guest and Employee User Profiles on Instant APs
The local database of an Instant AP consists of a list of guest and employee users. The addition of a user involves specifying a login credentials for a user. The login credentials for these users are provided outside the Aruba Central system.
A guest user can be a visitor who is temporarily using the enterprise network to access the Internet. However, if you do not want to allow access to the internal network and the Intranet, you can segregate the guest traffic from the enterprise traffic by creating a guest WLANWireless Local Area Network. WLAN is a 802.11 standards-based LAN that the users access through a wireless connection. and specifying the required authentication, encryption, and access rules.
An employee user is the employee who is using the enterprise network for official tasks. You can create employee WLANs, specify the required authentication, encryption and access rules and allow the employees to use the enterprise network.
The user database is also used when an Instant AP is configured as an internal RADIUSRemote Authentication Dial-In User Service. An Industry-standard network access protocol for remote authentication. It allows authentication, authorization, and accounting of remote users who want to access network resources. server.
The local user database of APs can support up to 512 user entries except IAP-92/93. IAP-92/93 supports only 256 user entries. If there are already 512 users, IAP-92/93 will not be able to join the cluster.
To configure users, complete the following steps:
1. In the app, set the filter to a group that contains at least one AP.
The dashboard context for the group is displayed.
2. Under , click > .
A list of access points is displayed in the view.
3. Click the icon.
The tabs to configure the access points are displayed.
4. Click , and click the tab.
The Security details page is displayed.
5. Click User For Internal Server.
6. In the pane, click the icon.
7. In the window, enter the following information:
In the Username text-box, enter a username.
In the Password text-box, enter the password.
In the Retype text-box, retype the password to confirm.
In the Type drop-down list, select a type of user from the drop-down list.
Click OK.
8. To edit a user settings:
a. In the Users pane, select the username to edit.
b. Click the edit icon to modify the user settings.
c. Click .
9. To delete a user:
a. In the Users pane, select the username to delete.
b. Click the delete icon.
c. Click .
10. To delete all users, select in the pane, and then click .
Deleting a user only removes the user record from the user database, and will not disconnect the online user associated with the username.
