Avaya AP-5, AP-6 manual Avaya Wireless AP-4/5/6 User’s Guide

Security

•Client/server mutual authentication

—802.1x

—Pre-shared key (for networks that do not have an 802.1x solution implemented)

NOTE:

For more information on WPA, see the Wi-Fi Alliance Web site at http://www.wi-fi.org.

The AP supports two WPA authentication modes:

•WPA: The AP uses 802.1x to authenticate clients. You should only use an EAP that supports mutual authentication and session key generation, such as EAP-TLS, EAP-TTLS, and PEAP. See 802.1x Authentication for details.

•WPA-PSK(Pre-Shared Key): For networks that do not have 802.1x implemented, you can configure the AP to authenticate clients based on a Pre-Shared Key. This is a shared secret that is manually configured on the AP and each of its clients. The Pre-Shared Key must be 256 bits long, which is 64 hexadecimal digits. The AP also supports a PSK Pass Phrase option to facilitate the creation of the Pre-Shared Key (so a user can enter an easy-to-remember phrase rather than a string of characters).

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