AT-TQ2403 Management Software User's Guide

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Field

Setting

 

 

 

Network Authentication

"Open" or "Shared", depending on how you configured this option on

 

 

 

the access point.

 

 

 

 

Note: When the Authentication Algorithm on the access point is set

 

 

 

to "Both", clients set to either Shared or Open can associate with the

 

 

 

AP. Clients configured to use WEP in Shared mode must have a valid

 

 

 

WEP key in order to associate with the AP. Clients configured to use

 

 

 

WEP as an Open system can associate with the AP even without a

 

 

 

valid WEP key (but a valid key will be required to actually view and

 

 

 

exchange data). For more information, see Administrators Guide and

 

 

 

Online Help on the access point.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Data Encryption

WEP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Network Key

Provide the WEP key you entered on the access point Security

 

 

 

 

settings in the Transfer Key Index position.

 

 

 

 

For example, if the Transfer Key Index on the access point is set to

 

 

 

"1", then for the client Network Key specify the WEP Key you

 

 

 

 

entered as WEP Key 1 on the access point.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Key Index

Set key index to indicate which of the WEP keys specified on the

 

 

 

 

access point Security page will be used to transfer data from the client

 

 

 

back to the access point.

 

 

 

 

For example, you can set this to 1, 2, 3, or 4 if you have all four WEP

 

 

 

keys configured on the access point.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Key is provided for me

Disable this option (click to uncheck the box)

 

 

 

automatically

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Enable IEEE 802.1x

Make sure that IEEE 802.1x authentication is disabled (box should

 

 

authentication for this

be unchecked). (Setting the encryption mode to WEP should

 

 

 

network

automatically disable authentication.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Click OK on the Wireless Network Properties dialog to close it and save your changes.

Connecting to the Wireless Network with a Static WEP Client

Static WEP clients should now be able to associate and authenticate with the access point. As a client, you will not be prompted for a WEP key. The WEP key configured on the client security settings is automatically used when you connect.

Configuring IEEE 802.1x Security on a Client

IEEE 802.1x is the standard defining port-based authentication and infrastructure for doing key management. Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) messages sent over an IEEE 802.11 wireless network using a protocol called EAP Encapsulation Over LANs (EAPOL). IEEE 802.1x provides dynamically-generated keys that are periodically refreshed. An RC4 stream cipher is used to encrypt the frame body and cyclic redundancy checking (CRC) of each 802.11 frame.