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# CWConfiguration

Encapsulates an immutable configuration for an AirPort WLAN interface.

```
class CWConfiguration
```

## Topics

### Creating a configuration

[`-  init`](/documentation/CoreWLAN/CWConfiguration/init())

Creates an empty CWConfiguration object.

[`-  initWithConfiguration:`](/documentation/CoreWLAN/CWConfiguration/init(configuration:))

Creates and returns a CWConfiguration object initialized with the given CWConfiguration object.

[`+  configuration`](/documentation/CoreWLAN/CWConfiguration/configuration)

Convenience method for getting an empty CWConfiguration object.

[`+  configurationWithConfiguration:`](/documentation/CoreWLAN/CWConfiguration/configurationWithConfiguration:)

Convenience method for getting a CWConfiguration object initialized with the given CWConfiguration object.

### Comparing configurations

[`-  isEqualToConfiguration:`](/documentation/CoreWLAN/CWConfiguration/isEqual(to:))

Determine CWConfiguration object equality.

### Instance Properties

[`networkProfiles`](/documentation/CoreWLAN/CWConfiguration/networkProfiles)

An array of remembered CWNetworkProfile objects.

[`rememberJoinedNetworks`](/documentation/CoreWLAN/CWConfiguration/rememberJoinedNetworks)

AirPort client will remember all joined networks.

[`requireAdministratorForAssociation`](/documentation/CoreWLAN/CWConfiguration/requireAdministratorForAssociation)

Require an administrator password to change networks.

[`requireAdministratorForIBSSMode`](/documentation/CoreWLAN/CWConfiguration/requireAdministratorForIBSSMode)

Require an administrator password to create a computer-to-computer network.

[`requireAdministratorForPower`](/documentation/CoreWLAN/CWConfiguration/requireAdministratorForPower)

Require an administrator password to change the interface power state.

## Relationships

### Conforms To

[`CustomStringConvertible`](/documentation/Swift/CustomStringConvertible)

[`NSCopying`](/documentation/Foundation/NSCopying)

[`NSObjectProtocol`](/documentation/ObjectiveC/NSObjectProtocol)

[`CVarArg`](/documentation/Swift/CVarArg)

[`NSCoding`](/documentation/Foundation/NSCoding)

[`NSMutableCopying`](/documentation/Foundation/NSMutableCopying)

[`Hashable`](/documentation/Swift/Hashable)

[`NSSecureCoding`](/documentation/Foundation/NSSecureCoding)

[`CustomDebugStringConvertible`](/documentation/Swift/CustomDebugStringConvertible)

[`Equatable`](/documentation/Swift/Equatable)

### Inherits From

[`NSObject-swift.class`](/documentation/ObjectiveC/NSObject-swift.class)

### Inherited By

[`CWMutableConfiguration`](/documentation/CoreWLAN/CWMutableConfiguration)

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