Provisioning Templates – FortiManager 5.2

To create a SSID (Mesh downlink):

From the SSIDs page, select Create New in the toolbar. The New SSID window opens.

New Mesh Downlink SSID

Enter the following information:

Name Type a name for the SSID.
Traffic Mode Select Mesh Downlink from the drop-down list. T
WiFi Settings  
SSID Type the wireless service set identifier (SSID) or network name for this wireless interface. Users who want to use the wireless network must configure their computers with this network name.
Security Mode When Traffic Mode is set to Mesh Downlink, the security mode options are: WPA/WPA2-PERSONAL, OPEN, WPA-ONLY-PERSONAL, or WPA2-ONLY-PERSONAL.
Pre-shared Key Type the pre-shared key for the SSID.

This option is only available when the security mode is set to WPA-Personal.

Detect and Identify Devices Select to enable or disable detect and identify devices. When this setting is configured as enable, you can select to Add New Devices to Vulnerability Scan List.
Split Tunneling Select to enable split tunneling.
Optional VLAN ID Select the VLAN ID in the text field using the arrow keys. Select 0 if VLANs are not used.
Detect and Identify Devices Select to detect and identify devices connecting to the SSID.
Add New Devices to Vulnerability Scan List Select to add new devices to the vulnerability scan list.

This options is only available when Detect and Identify Devices is enabled.

  1. Select OK to create the SSID.

To edit an SSID:

  1. From the SSIDs page, double click on an SSID name or right-click on the name and select Edit from the pop-up menu. The Edit SSID window opens.
  2. Edit the settings as required. The SSID name cannot be edited.
  3. Selected OK to apply your changes.

To delete an SSID or SSIDs:

  1. Select the SSID or SSIDs that you would like to delete from the SSID list.
  2. Select Delete or right click on the SSID and select Delete from the pop-up menu.
  3. Select OK in the confirmation dialog box to delete the SSID or SSIDs.

To clone an SSID:

  1. From the SSIDs page, right-click on the SSID name and select Clone from the pop-up menu.The Clone SSID window opens.
  2. Edit the settings as required.

Selected OK to clone the SSID.

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