192Configuring User Encryption

Table 5: Wireless Encryption Defaults

Encryption Type

Client Support

Default State

Configuration Required in

WSS Software

 

 

 

 

RSN

RSN clients

Disabled

• Enable the RSN information

 

Non-RSN clients

 

element (IE).

 

 

 

• Specify the supported cipher

 

 

 

suites (CCMP, TKIP, 40-bit

 

 

 

WEP, 104-bit WEP). TKIP is

 

 

 

enabled by default when the

 

 

 

RSN IE is enabled.

 

 

 

 

WPA

WPA clients

Disabled

• Enable the WPA information

 

Non-WPA clients

 

element (IE).

 

 

 

• Specify the supported cipher

 

 

 

suites (CCMP, TKIP, 40-bit

 

 

 

WEP, 104-bit WEP). TKIP is

 

 

 

enabled by default when the

 

 

 

WPA IE is enabled.

 

 

 

 

Dynamic WEP

WEP clients

Enabled

None

 

(WPA and RSN not

 

 

 

supported)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Static WEP

WEP clients

Disabled

• Configure the static key(s).

 

(WPA and RSN not

 

• Assign keys to multicast and

 

supported)

 

unicast traffic.

 

 

 

 

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