Cisco WIRELESS LAN CONTROLLER OL-17037-01 - Manual (Page 12)

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Cisco Wireless LAN Controller Configuration Guide
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Chapter 7 Controlling Lightweight Access Points
Configuring Authentication for Access Points
Step 4 In the Password and Confirm Password fields, enter the password that is to be inherited by all access
points that join the controller.
Note You must enter a strong password in these fields. Strong passwords have the following
characteristics:
- They are at least eight characters long.
- They contain a combination of upper- and lowercase letters, numbers, and symbols.
- They are not a word in any language.
Step 5 Click Apply to send the global authentication username and password to all access points that are
currently joined to the controller and to any that join the controller in the future.
Step 6 Click Save Configuration to save your changes.
Step 7 If desired, you can choose to override the global authentication settings and assign a unique username
and password to a specific access point. Follow these steps to do so:
a. Click Access Points > All APs to open the All APs page.
b. Click the name of the access point for which you want to override the authentication settings.
c. Click the Credentials tab to open the All APs > Details for (Credentials) page (see Figure 7-4 ).
Figure 7-4 All APs > Details for (Credentials) Page
d. Under 802.1x Supplicant Credentials, check the Over-ride Global Credentials check box to
prevent this access point from inheriting the global authentication username and password from the
controller. The default value is unchecked.
e. In the Username, Password, and Confirm Password fields, enter the unique username and password
that you want to assign to this access point.
Note The information that you enter is retained across controller and access point reboots and
whenever the access point joins a new controller.