Wireless (for ISA550W and ISA570W only)

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Configuring SSID Profiles

 

 

 

 

 

Security Mode

Description

 

 

WEP

Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) is a data encryption

 

protocol for 802.11 wireless networks. All wireless

 

stations and SSIDs on the network are configured with

 

a static 64-bit or 128-bit Shared Key for data

 

encryption. The higher the bit for data encryption, the

 

more secure for your network.

 

WEP encryption is an older encryption method that is

 

not considered to be secure and can easily be broken.

 

Choose this option only if you need to allow access to

 

devices that do not support WPA or WPA2.

 

 

WPA

Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) provides better

 

security than WEP because it uses dynamic key

 

encryption. This standard was implemented as an

 

intermediate measure to replace WEP, pending final

 

completion of the 802.11i standard for WPA2.

 

The security appliance supports the following WPA

 

security modes. Choose one of them if you need to

 

allow access to devices that do not support WPA2.

 

WPA-Personal:Supports TKIP (Temporal Key

 

Integrity Protocol) or AES (Advanced Encryption

 

System) encryption mechanisms for data

 

encryption (default is TKIP). TKIP uses dynamic

 

keys and incorporates Message Integrity Code

 

(MIC) to provide protection against hackers. AES

 

uses symmetric 128-bit block data encryption.

 

WPA-Enterprise:Uses WPA with RADIUS

 

authentication. This mode supports TKIP and

 

AES encryption mechanisms (default is TKIP)

 

and requires the use of a RADIUS server to

 

authenticate users.

 

 

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