Extended AP override settings
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Currently the OC200 lets me override the following (See screenshot below):
- Wifi Name
- VLAN
- Wifi Password
I would like to override more things on a per AP setting.
The main thing I am missing is the "Broadcast SSID" setting.
I want my employees of a specific department can see their department SSID so they can easily connect new devices but everywhere else on the property it should work without being visible to other departments so they are not confused and select a different one.
Another helpful feature would be the "Rate Limit".
I have a remote location which is connected over a poor wifi bridge. Decreasing the employee SSIDs there but not the infrastructure ones without having to create a whole new WiFi Group would be helpful.
One last thing: "Disabeling an SSID" on selected APs
I personally do not have a use case for this but I can see the benefit to some people.
Screenshot: Current AP WiFi Override Settings
@celebrir, you should ues WLAN groups to set up department-specific APs with more parameters. This allows to set the SSID (as does the override if you enable the function), but also rate limiting as well as hiding an SSID and much more. Just create a group, add SSID(s) and assign to the AP:
Do you have 14 different SSID on the same network? Is it just one SSID out of 14 you wan't to change?
What are the 14 SSIDs if 9 groups would suffice for 9 departments I assume?
Just for »cosmetic« reasons, i.e. if someone connects to SSID »Finance«, he/she connects to the same network what you would get with SSID »Sales«, just by using a different SSID? Or do you use 14 VLANs, i.e. separate networks?
As for overrides: as you might have noticed you must check »Enable On AP« to change the VLAN ID, the SSID and the PSK. This are the settings saved directly in the EAP:
For »Guest Network«, »Rate Limit« and »Access Control Rules« the controller needs to set it as it can't be simply stored in the EAP. For example, rate limits assigned to a user takes preceedence when this user logs in through a portal. Maybe this is the reason that it can't simply be stored in an EAP as a static value.