HomeSafe User’s Guide

Menu 23.4 - System Security - IEEE802.1x

Wireless Port Control= No Authentication Required

ReAuthentication Timer (in second)= N/A

Idle Timeout (in second)= N/A

Key Management Protocol= N/A

Dynamic WEP Key Exchange= N/A

PSK = N/A

WPA Mixed Mode= N/A

Data Privacy = N/A

WPA Broadcast/Multicast Key Update Timer= N/A

Authentication Databases= N/A

Press ENTER to Confirm or ESC to Cancel:

Press Space Bar to Toggle.

Figure 29-5 Menu 23.4 System Security : IEEE802.1x

The following table describes the fields in this menu.

 

Table 29-2 Menu 23.4 System Security : IEEE802.1x

 

 

FIELD

DESCRIPTION

 

 

Wireless Port

Press [SPACE BAR] and select a security mode for the wireless LAN access.

Control

Select No Authentication Required to allow any wireless stations access to your

 

wired network without entering usernames and passwords. This is the default setting.

 

Selecting Authentication Required means wireless stations have to enter usernames

 

and passwords before access to the wired network is allowed.

 

Select No Access Allowed to block all wireless stations access to the wired network.

 

The following fields are not available when you select No Authentication Required or

 

No Access Allowed.

ReAuthentica-

Specify how often a client has to re-enter username and password to stay connected to

tion Timer

the wired network.

(in second)

This field is activated only when you select Authentication Required in the Wireless

 

Port Control field. Enter a time interval between 10 and 9999 (in seconds). The default

 

time interval is 1800 seconds (or 30 minutes).

Idle Timeout

The HomeSafe automatically disconnects a client from the wired network after a period

(in second)

of inactivity. The client needs to enter the username and password again before access

 

to the wired network is allowed.

 

This field is activated only when you select Authentication Required in the Wireless

 

Port Control field. The default time interval is 3600 seconds (or 1 hour).

Key

Press [SPACE BAR] to select 802.1x, WPA or WPA-PSKand press [ENTER].

Management

 

Protocol

 

 

 

Dynamic WEP

This field is activated only when you select Authentication Required in the Wireless

Key Exchange

Port Control field. Also set the Authentication Databases field to RADIUS Only.

 

Local user database may not be used.

 

Select Disable to allow wireless stations to communicate with the access points without

 

using Dynamic WEP Key Exchange.

 

Select 64-bit WEP or 128-bit WEP to enable data encryption.

 

Up to 32 stations can access the HomeSafe when you configure Dynamic WEP Key

 

Exchange.

 

 

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