Profile Management General Settings (continued)

Chapter 2 Configuring Wireless Profiles

Creating a New Profile and Configuring Basic Settings

Table 2-1

Profile Management General Settings (continued)

 

 

 

Setting

 

What to Enter

 

 

Encryption type

Encryption choices are determined by the security type that you choose.

 

 

From the Encryption type drop-down list, choose an available method.

 

 

The choices are the following:

 

 

If you choose No authentication (Open), your encryption choice is

 

 

None.

 

 

If you choose WEP, your only encryption choice is WEP.

 

 

If you choose WPA2-Personal, you can choose AES or TKIP.

 

 

If you choose WPA-Personal, you can choose AES or TKIP.

 

 

If you choose WPA2-Enterprise, your encryption choice is AES,

 

 

TKIP, AES (MFP), or TKIP (MFP).

 

 

If you choose WPA-Enterprise, your encryption choice is AES or

 

 

TKIP.

 

 

If you choose 802.1x, your only encryption choice is WEP.

 

 

If you choose CCKM, your encryption choices are WEP, AES, and

 

 

TKIP.

 

 

For more information about these encryption types, see the “Security

 

 

and Encryption Types” section on page 2-10.

 

 

Default: The default that appear in the Encryption type drop-down list

 

 

is determined by what you selected in the Security type drop-down list.

 

 

Security Key/Passphrase

If you choose No authentication (Open), a Security Key/Passphrase

 

 

is not necessary.

 

 

If you choose the WEP security type, enter the WEP key.

 

 

If you choose the WPA2-Personal security type, enter the WPA2

 

 

preshared key.

 

 

If you choose the WPA-Personal security type, enter the WPA

 

 

preshared key.

 

 

For the WPA2-Enterprise and WPA-Enterprise security types, see

 

 

Chapter 3, “Configuring EAP Types.” The enterprise network EAP

 

 

type determines the credentials that the client adapter must use for

 

 

authentication.

 

 

If you choose the 802.1x security type, a Security Key/Passphrase

 

 

is not necessary.

 

 

Note Contact the wireless network administrator for the network

 

 

WEP key, the WPA2-Personal preshared key, or the

 

 

WPA-Personal preshared key.

 

 

Display characters

Check this check box if you want to view the characters that you enter

 

 

into the Security Key/Passphrase field. If you do not check this check

 

 

box, the key or passphrase that you enter appears as black dots.

 

 

Default: Not checked.

 

 

 

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