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Chapter 2 Configuring Wireless Profiles

Creating a New Profile and Configuring Basic Settings

Table 2-1	Profile Management General Settings (continued)
Setting		What to Enter
Encryption type		Encryption choices are determined by the security type that you choose.
		From the Encryption type drop-down list, choose an available method.
		The choices are the following:
		• If you choose No authentication (Open), your encryption choice is
		None.
		• If you choose WEP, your only encryption choice is WEP.
		• If you choose WPA2-Personal, you can choose AES or TKIP.
		• If you choose WPA-Personal, you can choose AES or TKIP.
		• If you choose WPA2-Enterprise, your encryption choice is AES,
		TKIP, AES (MFP), or TKIP (MFP).
		• If you choose WPA-Enterprise, your encryption choice is AES or
		TKIP.
		• If you choose 802.1x, your only encryption choice is WEP.
		• If you choose CCKM, your encryption choices are WEP, AES, and
		TKIP.
		For more information about these encryption types, see the “Security
		and Encryption Types” section on page 2-10.
		Default: The default that appear in the Encryption type drop-down list
		is determined by what you selected in the Security type drop-down list.
Security Key/Passphrase		• If you choose No authentication (Open), a Security Key/Passphrase
		is not necessary.
		• If you choose the WEP security type, enter the WEP key.
		• If you choose the WPA2-Personal security type, enter the WPA2
		preshared key.
		• If you choose the WPA-Personal security type, enter the WPA
		preshared key.
		• For the WPA2-Enterprise and WPA-Enterprise security types, see
		Chapter 3, “Configuring EAP Types.” The enterprise network EAP
		type determines the credentials that the client adapter must use for
		authentication.
		• If you choose the 802.1x security type, a Security Key/Passphrase
		is not necessary.
		Note Contact the wireless network administrator for the network
		WEP key, the WPA2-Personal preshared key, or the
		WPA-Personal preshared key.
Display characters		Check this check box if you want to view the characters that you enter
		into the Security Key/Passphrase field. If you do not check this check
		box, the key or passphrase that you enter appears as black dots.
		Default: Not checked.

Cisco Aironet 802.11a/b/g Wireless LAN Client Adapters (CB21AG and PI21AG) Installation and Configuration Guide for Windows Vista

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