When creating an enterprise Wi-Fi Network Profile that uses the "WPA/WPA2-Enterprise" Network Type, you often must include an identity and/or password. These fields are used to authenticate the user's Wi-Fi credentials. In some cases, you may want to supply unique user credentials to each device, instead of sharing a single user's credentials across devices. However, this can be tricky because ManageXR deploys Wi-Fi Network Profiles to groups of devices via configurations, which means all devices on the same configuration will use the same Wi-Fi Network Profile.
For cases like these, you should consider using Dynamic Wi-Fi Parameters. Using a single Wi-Fi Network Profile, you can use Dynamic Wi-Fi Parameters to replace a static identity or password with dynamic information based on the device that the network is deployed to.
Parameter String | Replaced With |
%device_serial% | The device's serial number |
%device_name% | The device's name in ManageXR |
Example
Take a look at this Wi-Fi Network Profile below:
If this Wi-Fi Network Profile is deployed to a device with Serial Number "ABC123XYZ" and Name "Training0001", the Wi-Fi network will get saved to the device with Wi-Fi credential identity "Training0001" and password "ABC123XYZ".
This can be a powerful way to simplify your deployment and share a single Wi-Fi Network Profile across many devices.
Troubleshooting Notes:
The Parameter String must be the complete identity or password. You cannot combine text with a Parameter String like "text%device_serial%text"
If you're using the %device_name% Dynamic Wi-Fi Parameter and your device's name changes after you have deployed the Wi-Fi Network Profile, you will need to manually remove/forget the network from the device and re-deploy it to have the updated name included in your installed Wi-Fi Profile credentials.