VAP Profile

Context

The administrator needs to deliver service parameters to an AP so that the AP can provide network access services for wireless users. A VAP profile is a set of service parameters. You can configure different VAP profiles and deliver configurations in the profiles to APs to provide differentiated WLAN services.

Procedure

Create a VAP profile.

Choose Configuration > Wireless Services > Profile > Wireless Service > VAP Profile. The VAP Profile List page is displayed.
Click Create. The Create VAP Profile page is displayed.
Enter the name of the new VAP profile in Profile name.
To copy all parameters from another profile to the new profile, select the name of the profile in Copy parameters from other profiles. If None is selected, parameters are not copied from another profile.
Click OK. The parameter setting page of the new VAP profile is displayed.

Set parameters for creating a VAP profile. Table 1 describes the parameters for creating a VAP profile.

**Table 1** Parameters for creating a VAP profile
Parameter	Description
VAP Profile	Name of the VAP profile, which cannot be modified.
Status	Whether to enable the service mode of a VAP.
VAP type	VAP type. If the type of a VAP is set to service, STAs connected to the VAP can only access network resources but not APs. Service VAPs are used in regular WLAN deployment scenarios. If the type of a VAP is set to ap-management, STAs connected to the VAP can only access APs but not network resources. AP management VAPs are used in STA access and AP management scenarios.
Service VLAN	Service VLAN of a VAP. When a specific VLAN is configured as the service VLAN of a VAP, STAs connected to the VAP join the same VLAN. When VLANs in a VLAN pool are configured as service VLANs of a VAP, STAs connected to the VAP join different VLANs.
Service VLAN ID	ID of the service VLAN.
VLAN Pool	VLAN pool used for service VLANs. To configure a VLAN pool, perform as follows: Click to create a VLAN pool. For parameters for creating a VLAN pool, see Table 2. Click to modify the selected VLAN pool. Click to delete the selected VLAN pool.
Forwarding mode	Service forwarding mode.
Band steering	Whether to enable band steering.
ARP probe	Whether to enable dynamic ARP probing.
IP binding check	Whether to enable IP source guard on an AP.
IP learning	Whether to enable STA address learning.
Strict IP learning	Whether to enable strict STA IP address learning through DHCP.
Dynamic blacklist of strict IP learning	Whether to add STAs with bogus IP addresses to a dynamic blacklist.
DHCP trusted interface	Whether to enable the DHCP trusted port function on an AP.
Appending Option 82	Whether to enable an AP to insert the Option 82 field in DHCP packets sent from a STA.
RID format	Format of the remote-ID in the Option 82 field inserted in DHCP packets sent from a STA.
CID format	Format of the circuit-ID in the Option 82 field inserted in DHCP packets sent from a STA.
Delimiter	Format of the AP's MAC address in the Option 82 field.
User-defined	User-defined format in the Option 82 field.
Effective after logout	Whether to enable offline management VAP and antenna alignment VAP functions.
Disable VAP periodically	Whether to enable the scheduled VAP auto-off function.
Disable VAP time setting at intervals	Scheduled time during which a VAP is disabled.

**Table 2** Parameters for creating a VLAN pool
Item	Description
VLAN pool name	Name of a VLAN pool.
VLAN assignment mode	Assignment mode of VLANs in a VLAN pool. When the VLAN assignment algorithm is set to even, service VLANs are assigned to STAs from the VLAN pool based on the order in which STAs go online. The STAs are assigned a similar number of IP addresses. If a STA goes online many times, it obtains different IP addresses. When the VLAN assignment algorithm is set to hash, VLANs are assigned to STAs from the VLAN pool based on the harsh result of their MAC addresses. As long as the VLANs in the VLAN pool do not change, the STAs obtain fixed service VLANs. A STA is preferentially assigned the same IP address when going online at different times.
VLAN ID	ID of a VLAN to be added to or deleted from a VLAN pool.

Click Apply. In the Info dialog box that is displayed, click OK.

Modify a VAP profile.
1. Choose Configuration > Wireless Services > Profile > Wireless Service > VAP Profile. The VAP Profile List page is displayed.
2. Click the name of the VAP profile that you want to modify. The VAP Profile page is displayed.
3. Set parameters for modifying the VAP profile. Table 1 describes the parameters for modifying a VAP profile.
4. Click Apply. In the Info dialog box that is displayed, click OK.
Delete a VAP profile.
1. Choose Configuration > Wireless Services > Profile > Wireless Service > VAP Profile. The VAP Profile List page is displayed.
2. Select the profile that you want to delete and click Delete. In the Confirm dialog box that is displayed, click OK.
Display the profile reference relationship.
1. Choose Configuration > Wireless Services > Profile > Wireless Service > VAP Profile. The VAP Profile List page is displayed.
2. Select the profile of which you want to display the reference relationship and click Display Reference. The system displays the types and names of the objects that reference the profile.
  NOTE:
  Click Hide Reference Relationship. The system hides the displayed results.
Configure profiles referenced by a VAP profile.
1. Choose Configuration > Wireless Services > Profile > Wireless Service > VAP. The VAP Profile List page is displayed. Click next to VAP Profile. The system displays names of the VAP profiles. Click next to a VAP profile name. The profiles referenced by the VAP profile are displayed in the menu navigation area.
2. Click any profile referenced by the VAP profile. The configuration page of the referenced profile is displayed on the right. You can select another profile from the drop-down list and set the profile parameters. For descriptions of the profile parameters, see its configuration page.
3. Click Apply. In the Info dialog box that is displayed, click OK.