G-1000 User’s Guide

Figure 25 Wireless LAN: 802.1x/WPA for WPA2-PSK Protocol

The following table describes the labels not previously discussed

Table 21 Wireless LAN: 802.1x/WPA for WPA2-PSK Protocol

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

 

 

Key Management

Choose WPA2-PSKin this field.

Protocol

 

WPA Compatible

Check this box if you want your G-1000 to support WPA2-PSK and WPA-PSK at

 

the same time. This might reduce the performance of the device, however.

Pre-Shared Key

The encryption mechanisms used for WPA2 and WPA2-PSKare the same. The

 

only difference between the two is that WPA2-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 Group Key

The WPA Group Key Update Timer is the rate at which the AP (if using WPA2-

Update Timer

PSK key management) or RADIUS server (if using WPA2 key management)

 

sends a new group key out to all clients. The re-keying process is the WPA2

 

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 WPA2-PSK mode. The G-1000 default is 1800 seconds (30 minutes).

Apply

Click Apply to save your changes back to the G-1000.

 

 

Reset

Click Reset to begin configuring this screen afresh.

 

 

6.8 Configuring RADIUS

A RADIUS (Remote Authentication Dial In user Service) server enables user authentication, authorization and accounting. Use RADIUS if you want to authenticate users using an external server.

The RADIUS screen allows you to specify the authentication and accounting servers and to enable and disable them.

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G-1000 specifications

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