FortiOS Handbook - Deploying Wireless Networks

Setting your geographic location
Configuring a WiFi LAN
• Configure one or more SSIDs for your wireless network. The SSID configuration includes DHCP and DNS settings.
• Configure the user group and users for authentication on the WLAN.
• Configure the firewall policy for the WLAN.
• Optionally, customize the captive portal.
• Configure access points.
Configuration of the built-in AP on FortiWiFi units is described in this chapter. Connection and configuration of
FortiAP units is described in the next chapter, see Access point deployment on page 51.
Setting your geographic location
The maximum allowed transmitter power and permitted radio channels for WiFi networks depend on the region in
which the network is located. By default, the WiFi controller is configured for the United States. If you are located
in any other region, you need to set your location before you begin configuring wireless networks.
To change the location setting - CLI
To change the country to France, for example, enter
config wireless-controller setting
set country FR
end
To see the list of country codes, enter a question mark (‘?’) instead of a country code.
Before changing the country setting, you must remove all FortiAP Profiles. To do this,
go to WiFi & Switch Controller > FortiAP Profiles.
Creating a FortiAP Profile
A FortiAP Profile defines radio settings for a particular platform (FortiAP model). The profile also selects which
SSIDs (virtual APs) the APs will carry. FortiAP units contain two radio transceivers, making it possible, for
example, to provide both 2.4GHz 802.11b/g/n and 5GHz 802.11a/n service from the same access point. The
radios can also be used for monitoring, used for the Rogue AP detection feature.
You can modify existing FortiAP profiles or create new ones of your own.
On FortiGate model 30D, web-based manager configuration of FortiAP Profiles is
disabled by default. To enable AP profiles, enter the following CLI commands:
config system settings
set gui-ap-profile enable
end
30 Deploying Wireless Networks for FortiOS 5.4
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