HomeSafe User’s Guide

 

 

Table 7-6 WLAN : Wireless : 802.1x and Dynamic WEP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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).

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dynamic WEP

Select 64-bit WEP or 128-bit WEP to enable data encryption. Up to 32 stations can

 

 

Key Exchange

access the HomeSafe when you configure dynamic WEP key exchange.This field is

 

 

 

not available when you set Security to WPA or WPA-PSK.

 

 

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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7.12 Configuring 802.1x and Static WEP Key Exchange

In order to configure and enable 802.1x and Static WEP Key Exchange; click the WIRELESS link under ADVANCED to display the Wireless screen. Select 802.1x + Static WEP from the Security list.

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