Prestige 662H/HW Series User’s Guide

Table 22 Wireless LAN: 802.1x/WPA for WPA Protocol

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

 

 

Key Management

Choose WPA in this field.

Protocol

 

 

 

WPA Mixed Mode

The Prestige can operate in WPA Mixed Mode, which supports both clients

 

running WPA and clients running dynamic WEP key exchange with 802.1x in the

 

same Wi-Fi network.

 

Select the check box to activate WPA mixed mode. Otherwise, clear the check

 

box and configure the Group Data Privacy field.

Group Data Privacy

Group Data Privacy allows you to choose TKIP (recommended) or WEP for

 

broadcast and multicast ("group") traffic if the Key Management Protocol is

 

WPA and WPA Mixed Mode is disabled. WEP is used automatically if you have

 

enabled WPA Mixed Mode.

 

All unicast traffic is automatically encrypted by TKIP when WPA or WPA-PSK

 

Key Management Protocol is selected.

WPA Group Key

The WPA Group Key Update Timer is the rate at which the AP (if using WPA-

Update Timer

PSK key management) or RADIUS server (if using WPA key management)

 

sends a new group key out to all clients. The re-keying process is the WPA

 

equivalent of automatically changing the WEP key for an AP and all stations in a

 

WLAN on a periodic basis. Setting of the WPA Group Key Update Timer is also

 

supported in WPA-PSK mode. The Prestige default is 1800 seconds (30

 

minutes).

Authentication

When you configure Key Management Protocol to WPA, the Authentication

Databases

Databases must be RADIUS Only. You can only use the Local User Database

 

Only with 802.1x Key Management Protocol.

8.12.3 Authentication Required: WPA-PSK

Select Authentication Required in the Wireless Port Control field and WPA-PSKin the Key Management Protocol field to display the next screen.

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