ZyAIR
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Authentication | Select Open System to allow any device to authenticate and then attempt to |
Type | communicate with the ZyAIR. Using open authentication, any wireless device can |
| authenticate with the ZyAIR, but the device can only communicate if its WEP keys match |
| the ZyAIR. Devices not using WEP do not attempt to authenticate with a ZyAIR that is |
| using WEP. Open authentication does not rely on a RADIUS server on your network. |
| Select Shared Key to have the ZyAIR use shared key authentication. The ZyAIR sends |
| an unencrypted challenge text string to any device attempting to communicate with the |
| ZyAIR. The |
| back to the ZyAIR. If the challenge text is encrypted correctly, the ZyAIR allows the |
| requesting device to authenticate. However, both the unencrypted challenge and the |
| encrypted challenge can be monitored; thus leaving the ZyAIR open to attack from an |
| intruder who calculates the WEP key by comparing the unencrypted and encrypted text |
| strings. Because of this weakness, shared key authentication can be less secure than |
| open authentication. Like open authentication, shared key authentication does not rely |
| on a RADIUS server on your network. |
| Select Both to allow subscribers to communicate with or without data encryption. |
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SSID Broadcast | Select Enable to allow devices that do not specify an SSID (Service Set Identity) to |
| associate with the ZyAIR. |
| Select Disable to stop devices that do not specify an SSID (devices that are |
| "broadcasting" in search of an access point to associate with) from associating with the |
| ZyAIR. The SSID on the subscriber’s device must match the ZyAIR's SSID exactly. |
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Default | Click this button to load the factory default wireless LAN settings. |
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Apply | Click Apply to save the settings. |
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When you select Mandatory in the WEP Encryption field in the Wireless screen, click WEP Key Setting to display the screen as shown.
Wireless LAN |