Symbol Technologies WS 2000 manual Security-How to Configure 802.1x EAP Authentication

	Security—How to Configure 802.1x EAP Authentication
RIP v2 (v1	RIP version 2 (compatible with version 1) is an extension of RIP
compat)	v1’s capabilities, but it is still compatible with RIP version 1. RIP
	version 2 increases the amount of packet information to provide the
	a simple authentication mechanism to secure table updates.
RIP v2	RIP version 2 enables the use of a simple authentication
	mechanism to secure table updates. More importantly, RIP version
	2 supports subnet masks, a critical feature that is not available in
	RIP version 1. This selection is not compatible with RIP version 1
	support.

2.Select a routing direction from the RIP Direction drop-down list. Both (for both directions), Rx only (receive only) and TX only (transmit only) are available options.

3.If RIP v2 or RIP v2 (v1 compat) is the selected RIP type, the RIP v2 Authentication area of the screen becomes active. Select the type of authentication to use from the Authentication Type drop-down list. Available options are:

None	This option disables the RIP authentication.
Simple	This option enable RIP version 2’s simple authentication
	mechanism.
	This setting activates the Password (Simple Authentication) field.
MD5	This option enables the MD5 algorithm for data verification. MD5
	takes as input a message of arbitrary length and produces a 128-bit
	fingerprint. The MD5 algorithm is intended for digital signature
	applications, in which a large file must be compressed in a secure
	manner before being encrypted with a private (secret) key under a
	public-key cryptographic system. The MD5 setting activates the RIP
	v2 Authentication settings for keys (below).

4.If the Simple authentication method is selected, specify a password of up to 15 alphanumeric characters in the Password (Simple Authentication) field.

5.If the MD5 authentication method is selected, fill in the Key #1 and Key #2 fields. Type in any numeric value between 0 and 256 into the MD5 ID field. Type in any string consisting of 16 alphanumeric characters into the MD5 Auth Key field.

6.Click the OK button to return to the Routing screen.

Security—How to Configure 802.1x EAP Authentication

The IEEE 802.1x is an authentication standard that ties EAP to both wired and wireless LAN applications. EAP provides effective authentication with or without IEEE 802.1x Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) encryption, or with no encryption at all. EAP supports multiple authentication measures. It requires that the site have a authentication (Remote Dial-In User Service—RADIUS) server on the wired side of the Access Port. All other packet types are blocked until the authentication server verifies the client’s identity. To set up 802.1x EAP authentication:

1.Go to the Network Configuration --> Wireless --> <WLAN Name> --> <WLAN Name> Security screen.

2.Select the 802.1x EAP radio button to enable the 802.1x Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP).

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WS 2000 Wireless Switch: 1.0 Date of last Revision: March 2004