Chapter 10 Wireless Security Screen

10.4.6 Security: WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK, WPA2-PSK-MIX

Use this screen to set the selected profile to WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK or WPA2-PSK- MIX security mode. Select WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSKor WPA2-PSK-MIXin the Security Mode field to display the following screen.

Figure 99 Wireless > Security: WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK or WPA2-PSK-MIX

The following table describes the labels not previously discussed

Table 46 Wireless > Security: WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK or WPA2-PSK-MIX

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Profile Name

Type a name to identify this security profile.

 

 

Security Mode

Choose WPA-PSK,WPA2-PSK or WPA2-PSK-MIX in this field.

 

 

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).

 

 

ReAuthentication

Specify how often wireless stations have to resend usernames and

Timer

passwords in order to stay connected.

 

Enter a time interval between 10 and 9999 seconds. The default time

 

interval is 1800 seconds (30 minutes). Alternatively, enter “0” to turn

 

reauthentication off.

 

Note: If wireless station authentication is done using a RADIUS

 

server, the reauthentication timer on the RADIUS server

 

has priority.

 

 

Idle Timeout

The NWA 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).

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