WLAN Config via CLI – Part 4

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In this post we will see how to configure WLAN security settings via CLI. Here are the security related config options in CLI “config wlan x” command.

security       Configures the security policy for a WLAN.

webauth-exclude Enable/Disable WebAuth Exclusion
custom-web     Configures the Web Authentication Page per Profile.

radius_server  Configures the WLAN's RADIUS Servers.
ldap           Configures the WLAN's LDAP servers.
local-auth     Configures Local EAP Authentication.
mac-filtering  Configures MAC filtering on a WLAN.

If you want to configure layer2 security settings you can use the following CLI options. Let’s say you want to enable WPA2/AES with Pre-Shared Key.

(4402-c) >config wlan security ?              
802.1X         Configures 802.1X.
cond-web-redir Configured Conditional Web Redirect.
passthru       Configures IPSec passthru.
splash-page-web-redir Configured Splash-Page Web Redirect.
static-wep-key Configures static WEP keys on a WLAN.
web-auth       Configures Web authentication.
web-passthrough Configures Web Captive Portal with no authentication required.
wpa            Configures WPA/WPA2 Support for a WLAN             
ckip           Configures CKIP Security on WLAN.            
tkip           Configures TKIP MIC countermeasures hold-down timer (0-60 seconds)

(4402-c) >config wlan security wpa ?             
akm            Configures Auth Key Management
disable        Disables WPA/WPA2 Support for a WLAN
enable         Enables WPA/WPA2 Support for a WLAN
wpa1           Configures WPA support
wpa2           Configures WPA2 support

(4402-c) >config wlan security wpa wpa2                
ciphers        Configures WPA2 ciphers
disable        Disables WPA2 support
enable         Enables WPA2 support

(4402-c) >config wlan security wpa wpa2 ciphers ?           
aes            Configures WPA2/AES support
tkip           Configures WPA2/TKIP support

(4402-c) >config wlan security wpa wpa2 ciphers aes               
disable        Disables WPA2/AES support
enable         Enables WPA2/AES support

(4402-c) >config wlan security wpa wpa2 ciphers aes enable 17

(4402-c) >config wlan security wpa akm ?              
802.1x         Configures 802.1x support
cckm           Configures CCKM support
ft             Configures 802.11r fast transition 802.1x support
psk            Configures PSK support

(4402-c) >config wlan security wpa akm psk ?               
disable        Disables PSK support
enable         Enables PSK support
set-key        Configures the pre-shared-key

(4402-c) >config wlan security wpa akm psk set-key ?               
<ascii/hex>    Specificies for key format (ascii or hex)

(4402-c) >config wlan security wpa akm psk set-key ascii ?               
<psk>          Enter the pre-shared-key (PSK)

(4402-c) >config wlan security wpa akm psk set-key ascii Cisco123 ?               
<WLAN id>      Enter WLAN Identifier between 1 and 512.

(4402-c) >config wlan security wpa akm psk set-key ascii Cisco123 17

Above settings is identical to what you have seen in the below screen.

Now let’s say you want to create a WLAN with no layer2 security & only with layer3 webauth. Let’s create WLAN called guest with WLAN ID 18 & assign it to AP-Group (mrn-apgroup) created. You can practice this via CLI & you should enter following CLI to do this.

(WLC2) >config wlan create 18 guest guest
(WLC2) >config wlan radio 18 802.11a-only
(WLC2) >config wlan interface 18 vlan12
(WLC2) >config wlan qos 18 bronze
(WLC2) >config wlan apgroup interface-mapping add mrn-apgroup 18 vlan12

Now let’s change security settings of this WLAN. We will use the Web Passthrough with Email Input as web auth method.

(WLC2) >config wlan security wpa ?
akm Configures Auth Key Management
disable Disables WPA/WPA2 Support for a WLAN
enable Enables WPA/WPA2 Support for a WLAN
wpa1 Configures WPA support
wpa2 Configures WPA2 support

(WLC2) >config wlan security wpa disable ?
<WLAN id> Enter WLAN Identifier between 1 and 512.

(WLC2) >config wlan security wpa disable 18

(WLC2) >config wlan security ?
802.1X Configures 802.1X.
cond-web-redir Configured Conditional Web Redirect.
passthru Configures IPSec passthru.
splash-page-web-redir Configured Splash-Page Web Redirect.
static-wep-key Configures static WEP keys on a WLAN.
web-auth Configures Web authentication.
web-passthrough Configures Web Captive Portal with no authentication required.
wpa Configures WPA/WPA2 Support for a WLAN
ckip Configures CKIP Security on WLAN.
tkip Configures TKIP MIC countermeasures hold-down timer (0-60 seconds)

(WLC2) >config wlan security web-passthrough ?
acl Configures Access Control List.
disable Disables Web Captive Portal with no authentication required.
email-input Configures Web Captive Portal using email address.
enable Enables Web Captive Portal with no authentication required.

(WLC2) >config wlan security web-passthrough enable 18

(WLC2) >config wlan security web-passthrough email-input ?
enable Enables Web Captive Portal using email address.
disable Disables Web Captive Portal using email address.

(WLC2) >config wlan security web-passthrough email-input enable 18

Now your Guest WLAN is ready from the security perspective. If you look at the WLC configuration you would see the following in your configuration.The two config lines in purple color automatically added once you disable the WPA as those settings enabled by default when you create a WLAN.

config wlan security wpa disable 18
config wlan security wpa wpa2 disable 18 
config wlan security wpa akm 802.1x disable 18 
config wlan security web-passthrough enable 18
config wlan security web-passthrough email-input enable 18

This is the identical GUI setting for the above scenario.

If you want to configure this Guest WLAN for Web Authentication instead of Web Passthrough you can do this as follows. First you have to disable web passthrough which you enabled in the previous task. Also you have to configure radius authentication on the WLAN if your user credential verified via radius.

(WLC2) >config wlan security web-passthrough disable 18
(WLC2) >config wlan security web-passthrough email-input disable 18

(WLC2) >config wlan security web-auth ?              
acl            Configures Access Control List.
disable        Disables Web authentication.
enable         Enables Web authentication.
on-macfilter-failure  Enables Web authentication on MAC filter failure.
server-precedence Configures the authentication server precedence order for Web-Auth users.

(WLC2) >config wlan security web-auth enable 18

(WLC2) >config wlan radius_server auth ?               
add            Adds a link to a configured RADIUS Server.
delete         Deletes a link to a configured RADIUS Server.
disable        Disable RADIUS authentication for this WLAN
enable         Enable RADIUS authentication for this WLAN

(WLC2) >config wlan radius_server auth enable ?               
<WLAN id>      Enter WLAN Identifier between 1 and 512.

(WLC2) >config wlan radius_server auth enable 18

(WLC2) >config wlan radius_server auth add ?                   
<WLAN id>      Enter WLAN Identifier between 1 and 512.

(WLC2) >config wlan radius_server auth add 18 ?              
<Server id>    Enter the RADIUS Server Index.

(WLC2) >config wlan radius_server auth add 18 1

In GUI you will see something like this once you configured above on CLI.

In next post we will see how to configure WLAN advanced settings via CLI

1. Configuring WLAN via CLI – Part 1
2. Configuring WLAN via CLI – Part 2
3. Configuring WLAN via CLI – Part 3
4. Configuring WLAN via CLI – Part 5
5. Configuring WLAN via CLI – Part 6

10 thoughts on “WLAN Config via CLI – Part 4”

Jamal said:

May 17, 2013 at 5:26 pm

You’ve done a good job. Thank you very much, keep up the the good work. Have a nice day

- nayarasi said:
  
  May 17, 2013 at 5:32 pm
  
  Hi Jamal
  
  Thank you very much for your feedback. I am preparing for the worst case 🙂
  
  Regards
  Rasika
  
Quisher said:

May 28, 2014 at 7:32 pm

its really good work from you..

- nayarasi said:
  
  August 1, 2014 at 3:21 pm
  
  Thanks Quisher…
  
Arun said:

September 20, 2014 at 4:38 am

Hi Rasika,
Great write-up.
Your blog has helped me a lot while configuring 5760 WLCs. Also you have re-ignited my desire to pursue CCIE 🙂
Can you please clear one doubt: I am trying to configure a few SSIDs with mac-based authentication. I have created different mac-filters on the local database of WLC (using command “aaa authorization network local”)and bound them to different SSIDs and assigned users’ mac addresses to corresponding filter (using the command “username mac aaa attribute list “). However, the users whose mac address is present in any list can connect to all mac-based SSIDs irrespective of their mac filter. Is it a limitation of 5760 or is there any mistake in the configuration? How can I overcome this issue and configure multiple SSIDs with mac-based authentication?

Regards,

Arun

- nayarasi said:
  
  September 20, 2014 at 6:17 am
  
  Hi Arun,
  
  Glad if my blog inspire you to continue on your CCIE dream.
  
  Regarding 5760 MAC filters, I haven’t done any testing. I try to test what you asked & will give you a feedback.
  
  HTH
  Rasika
  
  - Arun said:
    
    September 20, 2014 at 1:40 pm
    
    Thanks Rasika..
  - Arun said:
    
    November 5, 2014 at 10:09 pm
    
    Hi Rasika,
    I had opened a case with TAC, and they confirmed that it is a limitation with 5760. 5760 has only one local database, and all mac-filters are pointing to the same database, resulting in users getting connected to any SSID which relies on the local database.
    I resolved the issue by implementing an external RADIUS server.
    
    Also, I had received a response from Cisco Support Forum that the future release of IOS XE will address this issue.
    
    Regards,
    
    Arun
  - nayarasi said:
    
    November 6, 2014 at 4:03 am
    
    Hi Arun,
    
    Thanks a lot for the follow up & the update.
    
    Rasika
nawaz said:

February 27, 2023 at 5:26 pm

is there a cli command from where we can see what security is associated to particular SSID’s