ZyXEL Communications HS100/HS100W manual 802.1x Overview, Wlan Wireless WPA

		HomeSafe User’s Guide
	Table 7-5 WLAN : Wireless : WPA
LABEL		DESCRIPTION
ReAuthentication	Specify how often wireless stations have to reenter usernames and passwords in
Timer (in	order to stay connected. Enter a time interval between 10 and 9999 seconds. The
seconds)	default time interval is 1800 seconds (30 minutes).
		) If wireless station authentication is done
		using a RADIUS server, the reauthentication
		timer on the RADIUS server has priority.
Idle Timeout	The HomeSafe automatically disconnects a wireless station from the wired network
	after a period of inactivity. The wireless station needs to enter the username and
	password again before access to the wired network is allowed. The default time
	interval is 3600 seconds (or 1 hour).
WPA Group Key	The WPA Group Key Update Timer is the rate at which the AP (if using WPA-PSK
Update Timer	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-PSKmode. The HomeSafe default is 1800 seconds (30 minutes).
Preamble	Select a preamble type from the drop-down list menu. Choices are Long, Short or
	Dynamic. The default setting is Long. See the section on preamble for more
	information.
802.11 Mode	Select 802.11b Only to allow only IEEE 802.11b compliant WLAN devices to
	associate with the HomeSafe.
	Select 802.11g Only to allow only IEEE 802.11g compliant WLAN devices to
	associate with the HomeSafe.
	Select Mixed to allow either IEEE802.11b or IEEE802.11g compliant WLAN
	devices to associate with the HomeSafe. The transmission rate of your HomeSafe
	might be reduced.
Max. Frame Burst	Enable Maximum Frame Burst to help eliminate collisions in mixed-mode networks
	(networks with both IEEE 802.11g and IEEE 802.11b traffic) and enhance the
	performance of both pure IEEE 802.11g and mixed IEEE 802.11b/g networks.
	Maximum Frame Burst sets the maximum time, in microseconds, that the
	HomeSafe transmits IEEE 802.11g wireless traffic only.
	Type the maximum frame burst between 0 and 1800 (650, 1000 or 1800
	recommended). Enter 0 to disable this feature. The default is 650.
Apply	Click Apply to save your changes back to the HomeSafe.
Reset	Click Reset to reload the previous configuration for this screen.

7.9802.1x Overview

The IEEE 802.1x standard outlines enhanced security methods for both the authentication of wireless stations and encryption key management. Authentication can be done using the local user database internal to the HomeSafe (authenticate up to 32 users) or an external RADIUS server for an unlimited number of users.

See also the section on RADIUS in this User’s Guide.

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