Nortel Networks 2300 Series manual Set ap boot-configuration mesh psk-raw

AP Commands 263

Usage Use this command to configure the preshared key that a Mesh AP uses to authenticate to a Mesh Portal AP. You must connect the AP to an WSS switch and enter this command to configure the AP for mesh services prior to deploying the Mesh AP in its final untethered location.

WSS converts the passphrase into a 256-bit binary number for system use and a raw hexadecimal key to store in the WSS configuration. Neither the binary number nor the passphrase itself is ever displayed in the configuration. To use PSK authentication, you must enable it and you also must enable the WPA IE.

Examples The following command configures AP 7 to use passphrase “1234567890123<>?=+&% The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy sl” when authenticating with a Mesh Portal AP

WSS# set ap 7 boot-configuration mesh psk-phrase "1234567890123<>?=+&% The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy sl"

success: change accepted.

See Also

•set ap boot-configuration mesh ssid on page 254

•set service-profile mesh on page 320

•show ap mesh-links on page 357

set ap boot-configuration mesh psk-raw

Configures a raw hexadecimal preshared key (PSK) to use for authenticating a Mesh AP to a Mesh Portal AP. Radios use the PSK as a pairwise master key (PMK) to derive unique pairwise session keys for individual WPA clients.

Syntax set ap ap-numberboot-configuration mesh psk-raw hex

ap ap-number		Index value that identifies the AP on the WSS.
hex		A 64-bit ASCII string representing a 32-digit hexadecimal number. Enter
		the two-character ASCII form of each hexadecimal number.
Defaults	None.
Access	Enabled.

History Introduced in WSS Version 6.0.

Usage Use this command to configure the preshared key that a Mesh AP uses to authenticate to a Mesh Portal AP. You must connect the AP to an WSS switch and enter this command to configure the AP for mesh services prior to deploying the Mesh AP in its final untethered location.

WSS Software converts the hexadecimal number into a 256-bit binary number for system use. WSS Software also stores the hexadecimal key in the WSS configuration. The binary number is never displayed in the configuration. To use PSK authentication, you must enable it and you also must enable WPA IE.

Nortel WLAN—Security Switch 2300 Series Command Line Reference