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Wireless Configuration

Name:

Preferred Network (Wireless SSID)

Description:

This table defines the list of 'Preferred Networks'. By default, Windows will only attach automatically to networks defined in this list.

Notes:

By adding an SSID to the 'Preferred Networks' list, you can also configure the connection and authentication properties for the SSID.

The '(automatic)' vs. '(manual)' tag appended to the SSID specifies how Windows will connect to the SSID. If 'manual', the end-user must manually click on the SSID and click 'Connect To'. If 'automatic', Windows will automatically connect to the SSID when it is within range.

Default Value:

This list is empty by default. Click 'add' to add and configure an SSID.

Cloudpath Help :

The 'Wireless SSID' setting controls the SSID and its related configuration used in wireless networks. Within the Windows user interface, SSIDs are listed in the Preferred Networks list. This setting is only applicable to wireless networks.

Best Available: Cloudpath is capable of configuring each machine for the best security scheme supported by the interface. To use this feature, set Network Authentication to WPA2 Preferred, WPA Acceptable and Data Encryption to AES Preferred, TKIP Acceptable. Cloudpath will use the first supported scheme from this list: WPA2/AES, WPA2/TKIP, WPA/AES, and WPA/TKIP. The sequence is similar for PSK-based SSIDs. In this example, both Network Authentication and Data Encryption were specified as flexible. If you wish, you may make one fixed and one flexible. For example, you may require WPA2 and allow either TKIP or AES.

Cloudpath can detect the state of an SSID in the Preferred Networks list.

Supported settings include:

Configured - Default. The SSID is considered configured if the SSID is defined with the appropriate network authentication (WPA or WPA-PSK), data encryption (TKIP or AES), and connection behavior (Connect Automatically) settings and is the first SSID listed in the Preferred Networks list.

For WPA-PSK, the SSID will always require remediation to ensure the network key is correct. This is due to the fact that the network key is read-only.
For WPA-PSK, the network key is optional. If specified, it will be set automatically. If not specified, Windows will prompt the user to enter the key when it attaches to the SSID.

Cloudpath is able to auto remediate this setting.