SMC Networks SMC2555W-AG manual Wi-Fi Protected Access WPA

Radio Interface

Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA)

WPA employs a combination of several technologies to provide an enhanced security solution for 802.11 wireless networks.

The SMC2555W-AG supports the following WPA components and features:

IEEE 802.1x and the Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP): WPA employs 802.1x as its basic framework for user authentication and dynamic key management. The 802.1x client and RADIUS server should use an appropriate EAP type—such as EAP-TLS (Transport Layer Security), EAP-TTLS (Tunneled TLS), or PEAP (Protected EAP)—for strongest authentication. Working together, these protocols provide “mutual authentication” between a client, the access point, and a RADIUS server that prevents users from accidentally joining a rogue network. Only when a RADIUS server has authenticated a user’s credentials will encryption keys be sent to the access point and client.

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