Buffalo Technology WLA2-G54 Using Airstation For Advanced Configurations, LAN Setting, 802.1X

USING AIRSTATION FOR ADVANCED CONFIGURATIONS

Although your AirStation will function fine using only the settings from Section 3, you may wish to explore more advanced op- tions. This chapter explains each parameter in the Advanced button. Click the Top tab and click the Advanced button.

4.1 LAN Setting

4.1.1 Wireless

Wireless function - Enable or disable wire- less communication

Wireless Mode - Select one of the follow- ing:

11g(54M)/11b(11M)-Auto - Allows communication of 11g and 11b devices. Communication speed will drop to 11Mbps when 11b devices are connected.

11g(54M)-Turbo- Boosts 11g devices to turbo 54Mbps mode.

11g(54M)-Only - 11g devices will be able to communicate, but not 11b devices.

ESS-ID- Allows administrator to alter the ESS-ID of the AirStation. Default ESS-ID is the LAN MACAddress.To communicate with a spe- cific AP only, the AP’s ESS-ID must be entered in the client PC. The client PC looks for the specificAP (or ESS-ID) for wireless communica- tion. Use up to 32 alphanumeric characters for the ESS-ID (case sensitive).

■ Note: Roaming - When multiple AirSta- tions have an identical ESS-ID, WEP, and DS channel, client PCs may Roam between the AirStations.

Wireless Channel - Select the channel used for wireless communication. There are 11 overlapping channels. Channels 1, 6 and 11 are non-overlapping.

If there are multiple APs in close proximity using the same channel, there may be interference. In this case, change to a non-overlapping channel.

■Note: This parameter is automatically set in the client computer.

WPA Configuration - Configure WPA(Wi-Fi Protected Access) setting. Do not use the WPA function if the WEP encryption is selected from “Type of encryption” field.

802.1X

Use 802.1x authorization. Clients authorized by RADIUS servers can access this AirStation. RADIUS Server, RADIUS Port and RADIUS Key should be entered.You can also use secure communication selecting WEP encryption from “Type of encryption” field.

WPA

Authorized client by RADIUS server can access this AirStation. RADIUS Server, RADIUS Port and RADIUS Key should be entered.You should select either TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity Protocol) or AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) from “Type of encryption” field.

WPA-PSK

Clients access this AirStation by PSK (Pre-Shared Key) without RADIUS authorization.You should select either TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity Protocol) or AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) from “Type of encryption” field.

Examples of WPA key:

WPA-PSK (Pre-Shared Key) must be composed of at least 8 characters, but no more then 63 characters. The following are acceptable characters for a WPA-PSK key:

Upper case letters, lower case letters, numbers, spaces, punctuation <>?=+&% WPA-PSK Key Example:“This is <1> example of a WPA Key”

Note: WPA keys are case sensitive.

Type of Encryption - Select Off,WEP,TKIP or AES

If WEP is selected, create and enter an encryption code to protect wireless communications. It is possible to enter up to 4 different WEPs. The WEP key must match between two parties for secure communications.

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