
Wireless Privacy Settings
set wireless
Specifies the type of privacy enabled on the wireless LAN. off = no privacy; WEP = WEP encryption;
WPA provides Wireless Protected Access, the most secure option for your wireless net- work. This mechanism provides the best data protection and access control. PSK requires a
WEP is Wired Equivalent Privacy, a method of encrypting data between the wireless Gate- way and its clients. It is strongly recommended to turn this on as it is the primary way to protect your network and data from intruders. Note that 40bit is the same as 64bit and will work with either type of wireless client. The default is off.
A single key is selected (see
set wireless network-id privacy pre-shared-key string
The Pre Shared Key is a passphrase shared between the Router and the clients and is used to generate dynamically changing keys, when
set wireless network-id privacy default-keyid { 1...4 }
Specifies which WEP encryption key (of 4) the wireless Gateway will use to transmit data. The client must have an identical matching key, in the same numeric slot, in order to suc- cessfully decode. Note that a client allows you to choose which of its keys it will use to transmit. Therefore, you must have an identical key in the same numeric slot on the Gate- way.