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Chapter 2 Configuring Wireless Profiles

Viewing and Changing the Settings of a Profile

Table 2-3

Profile Management General Settings

 

 

 

Setting

 

What to Enter

 

 

 

Security type

 

From Security type drop-down list, choose the method that is used to

 

 

authenticate a connection to the wireless network. The choices are the

 

 

following:

 

 

No authentication (Open)

 

 

Shared

 

 

WPA2-Personal

 

 

WPA-Personal

 

 

WPA2-Enterprise

 

 

WPA-Enterprise

 

 

802.1X

 

 

CCKM

 

 

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 or WEP.

 

 

If you choose Shared, 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, you can choose AES, TKIP, AES

 

 

 

(MFP), TKIP (MFP).

 

 

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

 

 

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

 

 

If you choose CCKM, you can choose AES, WEP, or TKIP.

 

 

Network security key

Enter the network security key that you obtain from the network

 

 

administrator.

 

 

Note The Network security key field only appears when you choose

 

 

 

No authentication (Open) with WEP encryption, Shared,

 

 

 

WPA2-Personal, or WPA-Personal as the security type.

 

 

 

 

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