Wireless > SSIDs [Creating and Editing Wireless SSIDs]

Any time an SSID is added, deleted, or edited - users may briefly disconnect.

What is an SSID?

SSID stands for Service Set IDentifier and is the name of the wireless broadcast you see when pulling up the Wi-Fi menu on your devices. The SSID is what bridges your wireless devices to the wired network.

Creating a new SSID

To create a new SSID log into dashboard.meter.com and click on Wireless > SSIDs. On this page, click on the ‘Add SSID’ button. This will reveal the configuration panel on the right-hand side of the screen.

Note the configuration panel has several different menus:

Config

Enabled - Ensure that this is toggled ON to enable the SSID.
SSID - This is the name of the Wi-Fi broadcast you will see on your devices.
Broadcast - The broadcast can be hidden or visible. When hidden, the SSID will not show up on your devices as an available network to connect to. Instead, you would need to manually enter the SSID name on your devices to be able to connect.
Guest SSID - If a guest SSID, toggle this ON and credentials will display on http://guest.meter.network.
VLAN - This is the VLAN that wireless clients will associate with once connected to the SSID.
2.4GHz - Choose to enable or disable the 2.4GHz broadcast for the SSID. Meter typically recommends leaving this DISABLED unless there is a special use case for 2.4 GHz
5GHz - Choose to enable or disable the 5GHz broadcast for the SSID. 5GHz should almost always be enabled unless there is a special use case.
Access Point Enablement - Choose to enable the broadcast on ALL Wi-Fi access points or a select view.

Security

Enable Security - If left Disabled any device can connect to the SSID freely without restriction. If Enabled (recommended) you must also pick a security type. In most cases, WPA2, or WPA3 is used. Enterprise options and RADIUS MAC auth also require a third-party RADIUS server. See Network-wide > Radius Profiles.
802.11w - If enabled, management Wi-Fi frames are encrypted for extra security. WPA2 encryption types have an ‘optional’ mode as some clients may not support it. If clients support WPA3, they should also support 802.11w.

Technologies

802.11ax - Meter MW08 access points models are Wi-Fi 6 enabled. Some devices may not support this. Disabling this option will set the broadcast of the SSID to Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac).
Radius CoA - If using a RADIUS encryption method, this option will be enabled. If enabled, select the port for CoA.
802.11r - If enabled and the client supports, this will help speed up the roaming process between access points.
802.11k - Helps speed up the roaming process between access points.
802.11v - Helps speed up the roaming process between access points.

802.11k and 802.11v should be enabled at the same time for full functionality. 802.11r should only be enabled in environments where devices support it.

Client Isolation (coming soon) - If enabled the clients connected to the SSID will be isolated from the rest of the network. This means they will only be able to reach internet resources and nothing on the local network. It is mostly used for Guest Networks.
Client Steering (coming soon) - Assists in load balancing clients between access points.

Scheduling

Scheduling can be used to automatically enable an SSID for a certain time window and disable it at any other time.

In the above example, the SSID would only be available on Thursdays from 10AM to 11AM and Mondays 9AM to 5PM.

Editing SSIDs

After creating an SSID and hitting the ‘Save’ button, it will populate in the list in the center of the screen. To edit an SSID, click on the name of the SSID and then the ‘Edit’ button. An SSID can also be deleted using the Actions menu.