Chapter 7 Wireless LAN

Note: WEP is extremely insecure. Its encryption can be broken by an attacker, using widely-available software. It is strongly recommended that you use a more effective security mechanism. Use the strongest security mechanism that all the wireless devices in your network support. For example, use WPA-PSK or WPA2-PSK if all your wireless devices support it, or use WPA or WPA2 if your wireless devices support it and you have a RADIUS server. If your wireless devices support nothing stronger than WEP, use the highest encryption level available.

Your AMG1312-T Series allows you to configure one 64-bit or 128-bit WEP key.

In order to configure and enable WEP encryption, click Network Setting > Wireless to display the General screen, then select Basic as the security level.

Figure 29 Wireless > General: Basic (WEP)

The following table describes the wireless LAN security labels in this screen.

Table 18 Wireless > General: Basic (WEP)

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Security Level

Select Basic to enable WEP data encryption.

 

 

Generate

Select this option to have the AMG1312-T Series automatically generate a password. The

password

password field will not be configurable when you select this option.

automatically

 

 

 

Password

The password (WEP key) are used to encrypt data. Both the AMG1312-T Series and the

 

wireless stations must use the same password (WEP key) for data transmission.

 

If you chose 64-bitWEP, then enter any 5 ASCII characters or 10 hexadecimal characters

 

("0-9", "A-F").

 

If you chose 128-bitWEP, then enter 13 ASCII characters or 26 hexadecimal characters

 

("0-9", "A-F").

 

 

WEP Encryption

Select 64-bits or 128-bits.

 

This dictates the length of the security key that the network is going to use.

 

 

7.2.3 More Secure (WPA(2)-PSK)

The WPA-PSK security mode provides both improved data encryption and user authentication over WEP. Using a Pre-Shared Key (PSK), both the AMG1312-T Series and the connecting client share a common password in order to validate the connection. This type of encryption, while robust, is not as strong as WPA, WPA2 or even WPA2-PSK. The WPA2-PSK security mode is a newer, more robust version of the WPA encryption standard. It offers slightly better security, although the use of PSK makes it less robust than it could be.

 

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