Aironet Client Utility (ACU)
Manage profiles

After creating profiles for the client adapter, they can be included in the profile manager's auto profile selection feature. Then when auto profile selection is enabled, the client adapter automatically selects a profile from the list of profiles that were included in auto profile selection and uses it to establish a connection to the network. This makes the wireless profile selection invisible to the user and improves the user experience.

Follow the steps below to include any of the profiles in auto profile selection and to establish the order in which the profiles will be selected for use. Open ACU; click the Select Profile icon or select Select Profile from the Commands drop-down menu. The Select Profile screen appears . Click the Manage button next to the Use Auto Profile Selection option. The Auto Profile Selection Management screen appears .

All the created profiles are listed in the Available Profiles box. Highlight each one to include in auto profile selection and click the Add button. The profiles move to the Auto Selected Profiles box. Auto profile guidelines are shown in Figure . The first profile in the Auto Selected Profiles box has the highest priority while the last profile has the lowest priority. To change the order and priority of the auto-selectable profiles, highlight the profile to be moved and click the High Priority or Low Priority arrow to move the profile up or down, respectively. When auto profile selection is enabled, the client adapter scans for an available network. The profile with the highest priority and the same SSID as one of the found networks is the one that is used to connect to the network. If the connection fails, the client adapter tries the next highest priority profile that matches the SSID and so on. Click OK to save the changes.


Lab Activity

Lab Exercise: Configure Auto Profiles

In this lab, the student will learn the procedures for configuring ACU to use Auto Profiles.

Lab Activity

Lab Exercise: Configure Auto Profiles using ADU

In this lab, the student will learn the procedures for configuring ADU to use Auto Profiles.