USRobotics Instant802 APSDK manual None, Static WEP

Professional Access Point

Administrator Guide

Isolation as extra precautions as mentioned below.

Field

Description

Broadcast SSID	Select the Broadcast SSID setting by clicking Allow or Prohibit.
	By default, the access point broadcasts the Service Set Identifier (SSID) in its
	beacon frames.
	You can prohibit this broadcast to discourage stations from automatically dis-
	covering your access point. When the access point’s broadcast SSID is sup-
	pressed, the network name will not be displayed in the List of Available Networks
	on a client device. Instead, the client must have the exact network name con-
	figured in the supplicant before the client will be able to connect.
	You can use the Command Line Interface to prohibit the broadcast of the SSID
	on the Guest Network. For the command syntax, see “Set the Broadcast SSID
	(Allow or Prohibit)” on page 215.
Station Isolation	Select Off to disable station isolation or On to enable it.
	•	When station isolation is Off, wireless clients can communicate with one
		another normally by sending traffic through the access point.
	•	When station isolation is On, the access point blocks communication
		between wireless clients. The access point allows data traffic between its
		wireless clients and wired devices on the network, but not among wireless
		clients. The traffic blocking extends to wireless clients connected to the
		network via WDS links; these clients cannot communicate with each other
		when station isolation is on. See “Wireless Distribution System” on page 153
		for more information about WDS.
Security Mode	Select the Security Mode. Select one of the following:
	•	None
	•	Static WEP
	•	IEEE 802.1x
	•	WPA/WPA2 Personal (PSK)
	•	WPA/WPA2 Enterprise (RADIUS)

None

None means that any data transferred to and from the Professional Access Point is not encrypted.

There are no further options for this mode.Running without security can be useful during initial network configuration or for problem solving, but it is not recommended for regular use on the Internal network because it is not secure.

Static WEP

Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) is a data encryption protocol for 802.11 wireless networks. All wireless stations and access points on the network are configured with a static 64-bit (40-bit secret key + 24-bit ini-

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