7 auto profile selection management, Auto profile selection management – SMC Networks EliteConnect SMC2536W-AG2 User Manual

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2. Click

Refresh

to refresh the list at any time.

3. Highlight a network name and click Activate to connect an available network. If no

configuration profile exists for that network, the Profile Management window will open the

General

tab. Fill in the Profile name and click OK to create the configuration profile for that

network.

Figure 3-1

1 Scan Available Networks Dialog

3.2.7 Auto Profile Selection Management

The auto selection feature allows the wireless adapter to automatically select a profile from the list
of profiles and use it to connect to the network. To add a new profile into the Auto Selected
Profiles list, please follow these steps.
1. On the Profile Management tab, click Order Profiles.
2. The Auto Profiles Selection management window will appear, with a list of all created profiles

in the Available Profiles box.

3. Highlight the profiles to add to auto profile selection, and click Add. The profile will appear in

the Auto Selected Profiles box.

4. Highlight a profile in the Auto Selected Profiles box.
5. Click

Move Up

or Move Down as appropriate. Note: The first profile in the Auto Selected

Profiles box has highest priority, and the last profile has lowest priority.

6. Click

OK

.

7. Check

the

Auto Select Profiles

checkbox on the Profile Management tab.

)

Note:

When auto profile selection is enabled by checking Auto Select Profiles on the Profile
Management

tab, the client adapter will scan for an available network. The profile with the

highest priority and the same SSID as one of the found networks will be used to connect to the
network. If the connection fails, the client adapter will try the next highest priority profile that
matches the SSID until an available network is found.

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