Prestige 662H/HW Series User’s Guide

Figure 34 Wireless LAN: 802.1x/WPA for WPA-PSK Protocol

The following table describes the labels not previously discussed.

Table 23 Wireless LAN: 802.1x/WPA for WPA-PSK Protocol

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

 

 

Key Management

Choose WPA-PSKin this field.

Protocol

 

Pre-Shared Key

The encryption mechanisms used for WPA and WPA-PSKare the same. The

 

only difference between the two is that WPA-PSKuses a simple common

 

password, instead of user-specific credentials.

 

Type a pre-shared key from 8 to 63 case-sensitive ASCII characters (including

 

spaces and symbols).

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.

Authentication

This field is only visible when WPA Mixed Mode is enabled.

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