Dell 5002 manual Security setup, Authentication

•Frequency Mode: Choose a frequency mode. The dell print server supports 802.11b and 802.11g frequency modes.

–802.11b/g (2.4GHz) mode: Data is sent using IEEE802.11g standard communications in the 2.4 GHz band. This mode is compatible with IEEE802.11b standard.

–802.11b/g (5GHz, 2.4GHz) mode: Data is sent using the frequency range defined in IEEE802.11g standards.

•Ad-hoc Channel: Change the channel selection setting. If you select Auto Setting, the dell print server will automatically adjust channels. To manually set a channel, select Channel Selection. In most cases, manually setting up channels is not required.

NOTE: Your wireless basic setting changes will be applied after the print server restarts. In order to restart the print server, from EWS, select Printer Server

Settings Other Features Restart Machine and click Restart, or turn the print server off and then back on.

Security setup

This section describes how to configure wireless security for your wireless network.

•Authentication

–Open System: This is used if your wireless network does not require authentication for network access. However, your network may still use encryption keys for data security.

–Shared Key: Use Shared Key authentication if your network requires that each device be configured with the same secret WEP key for network access.

–WPA-Personal,WPA2-Personal: If you are using this option, the print server WPA shared key must be the same as that of an access point. The WPA shared key is used to authenticate and to create a master session key.

–WPA-Enterprise,WPA2-Enterprise: You must select an authentication method which is supported by a RADIUS server. The authentication method is determined by negotiation between clients and the server. Therefore, it is not necessary for the selected authentication to be

Appendix G. Wireless network environment

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