Not allowed special characters in field WPA2 in Template

Hello,

I have the problerm described in the subject:

when I try to create a template in CNS, in the section Preferred AP LIst, I cannot use special characters in field WPA2.

I'm doing something wrong or is a bug?

Many thanks.

I have about 500 customers with this Wpa2, I need support.

Many thanks.

Open a support case at http://www.cambiumnetworks.com/support/open-a-support-case or call Cambium at http://www.cambiumnetworks.com/support/contact-support - this is the community forum, so you may or may not get a timely (or useful/accurate) response here.

j


@Mario_1 wrote:

I have about 500 customers with this Wpa2, I need support.

Many thanks.


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Thanks for your query.Special characters are restricted to enter as per design.

WPA2 passphrases are supposed to allow all "printable ASCII characters", if CNS limits this more strictly than the equipment itself (nevermind the standard) then there's a potential problem.

If I manually configure equipment with a passphrase that includes '!' (for example) but then CNS won't let me input '!' in a WPA2 passphrase, that's a problem.

j

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I completely agree - this is clearly a CNS bug.  If the device allows the characters, CNS must also as well.   We'll be fixing this either via a hot fix or a new release of CNS (1.3.1).  Timing is TBD though as we're right in the middle of our next release cycle.  Can I get an idea of how major this is for you from an operational perspective?  This will help me to prioritize resources.