Chapter 6 Wireless Mobile Interface Cards

Table 6-2 Key Features (continued)

Feature

Description

 

 

Security

Cisco Wireless Security Suite:

 

Authentication:

 

802.1X support including Extensible Authentication Protocol

 

(EAP)-Transport Layer Security (TLS), Lightweight EAP (LEAP),

 

Protected EAP (PEAP), and EAP-Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) to

 

yield mutual authentication and dynamic, per-user, per-session WEP

 

keys.

 

MAC address and by standard 802.11 authentication mechanisms.

 

Encryption:

 

Static and dynamic IEEE 802.11 WEP keys of 40 bits and 128 bits.

 

802.11i/WPAv2 Advanced Encryption Standard-Counter Mode with

 

Cipher Block Chaining Message Authentication Code Protocol

 

(AES-CCMP); 128-bit key length.

 

Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP) WEP enhancements: key

 

hashing (per-packet keying), message integrity check (MIC), and

 

broadcast key rotation by using WPA TKIP.

 

All WMICs in Root Mode:

 

PEAP, EAP-TTLS, LEAP, EAP-TLS, EAP-FAST, and EAP-SIM.

 

Cisco 3201 WMICs in Client Mode:

 

LEAP, EAP-TLS, and EAP-FAST.

 

Cisco 3202 and Cisco 3205 WMICs in Client Mode:

 

LEAP.

 

 

Status Indicators

LEDs provide information about association status, operation,

 

error/warning, firmware upgrade, and configuration, network/modem, and

 

radio status.

 

 

Memory

8 MB Flash.

 

32 MB DRAM.

 

 

Automatic Configuration

BOOTP and DHCP.

Support

 

 

 

Remote Configuration

Telnet, HTTP, FTP, TFTP, and SNMP.

Support

 

 

 

Uplink

Autosensing 10/100BaseT Ethernet.

 

 

Local Configuration

Console port.

 

 

Cisco 3200 Series Router Hardware Reference

6-6

OL-5816-10

 

 

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