Configuring Wi-Fi Direct Client Policy

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Restrictions for the Wi-Fi Direct Client Policy

  • Wi-Fi Direct Client Policy is applicable to WLANs that have APs in local mode only.

  • If WLAN applied client policy is invalid, the client is excluded with the exclusion reason being 'Client QoS Policy failure'.

Information About the Wi-Fi Direct Client Policy

Devices that are Wi-Fi Direct capable can connect directly to each other quickly and conveniently to do tasks such as printing, synchronization, and sharing of data. Wi-Fi Direct devices may associate with multiple peer-to-peer (P2P) devices and with infrastructure wireless LANs (WLANs) concurrently. You can use the device to configure the Wi-Fi Direct Client Policy, on a per WLAN basis, where you can allow or disallow association of Wi-Fi devices with infrastructure WLANs, or disable Wi-Fi Direct Client Policy altogether for WLANs.

How to Configure Wi-Fi Direct Client Policy

Configuring the Wi-Fi Direct Client Policy (CLI)

SUMMARY STEPS

  1. configure terminal
  2. wlan profile-name
  3. wifidirect policy {permit | deny }
  4. end

DETAILED STEPS

  Command or Action Purpose
Step 1

configure terminal

Example:

Device# configure terminal

Enters global configuration mode.
Step 2

wlan profile-name

Example:

Device# wlan test4

Enters the WLAN configuration submode. The profile-name is the profile name of the configured WLAN.

Step 3

wifidirect policy {permit | deny }

Example:

Device(config-wlan)# wifidirect policy permit
Configures the Wi-Fi Direct client policy on the WLAN using one of the following:
  • permit —Enables Wi-Fi Direct clients to associate with the WLAN.
  • deny —When the Wi-Fi Direct policy is configured as "deny," the device permits or denies Wi-Fi Direct devices based on the device capabilities. A Wi-Fi Direct device reports these capabilities in its association request to the device and these are based on the Wi-Fi capabilities of the device. These include:

    • Concurrent operation

    • Cross connection

    Note 

    The command no wifidirect policy ignores the client's Wi-Fi direct status. Additionally, the access point also does not advertise any beacons and probes. Effectively, the no form of the command disables the Wi-Fi direct feature on the WLAN.

    If the Wi-Fi device supports either concurrent operations or cross connections or both, the client association is denied. The client can associate if the device does not support concurrent operations and cross connections.

Step 4

end

Example:

Device(config-wlan)# end

Returns to privileged EXEC mode. Alternatively, you can also press Ctrl-z to exit global configuration mode.

Disabling Wi-Fi Direct Client Policy (CLI)

SUMMARY STEPS

  1. configure terminal
  2. wlan profile-name
  3. no wifidirect policy
  4. end

DETAILED STEPS

  Command or Action Purpose
Step 1

configure terminal

Example:

Device# configure terminal

Enters global configuration mode.
Step 2

wlan profile-name

Example:

Device# wlan test4

Enters the WLAN configuration submode. The profile-name is the profile name of the configured WLAN.

Step 3

no wifidirect policy

Example:

Device(config)# no wifidirect policy

Ignores the Wi-Fi Direct status of clients thereby allowing Wi-Fi Direct clients to associate.
Step 4

end

Example:

Device(config-wlan)# end

Returns to privileged EXEC mode. Alternatively, you can also press Ctrl-z to exit global configuration mode.

Monitoring Wi-Fi Direct Client Policy (CLI)

The following commands can be used to monitor Wi-Fi Direct Client Policy:

Command Description
show wireless client wifidirect stats

Displays the total number of clients associated and the number of association requests rejected if the Wi-Fi Direct Client Policy is enabled.

show wlan summary

Displays status of the Wi-Fi Direct on the WLAN.
show wireless cli mac-address mac-address

Displays the detail information of a client.

Additional References for Wi-Fi Direct Client Policy

Related Documents

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WLAN Command reference

 WLAN Command Reference, Cisco IOS XE Release 3SE (Catalyst 3850 Switches)

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Feature Information about Wi-Fi Direct Client Policy

Feature Name Release Feature Information
Wi-Fi Direct Feature Cisco IOS XE 3.3SE This feature was introduced.