Chapter 5 Wireless LAN

Table 8 WIRELESS > SECURITY (continued)

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

WPA

Select this to configure and enable WPA or WPA-PSK authentication

 

and encryption.

 

 

WPA2

Select this to configure and enable WPA2 or WPA2-PSK authentication

 

and encryption.

 

 

WPA/WPA2

Select this to have both WPA2 and WPA wireless clients be able to

 

communicate with the NWA1300-NJ even when the NWA1300-NJ is

 

using WPA2 or WPA2-PSK.

 

 

Group Key

Enter the rate at which the AP or the RADIUS server sends a new

Rekeying

group key out to all clients.

 

 

Use WPA with

Select this option if you do not have a RADIUS server in your network

Pre-shared Key

and want to use a pre-shared key WPA or WPA2.

 

 

Pre-shared Key

The encryption mechanisms used for WPA(2) and WPA(2)-PSK are

 

the same. The only difference between the two is that WPA(2)-PSK

 

uses 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).

 

 

Use WPA with

Select this option if you have a RADIUS server in your network and

RADIUS Server

want to use it for user authentication and encryption.

 

 

Server IP

Enter the IP address of the external authentication server in dotted

 

decimal notation.

 

 

Authentication

Enter the port number of the external authentication server. The

Port

default port number is 1812.

 

You need not change this value unless your network administrator

 

instructs you to do so with additional information.

 

 

Shared Secret

Enter a password (from 8 to 63 case-sensitive ASCII characters) as

Key

the key to be shared between the external authentication server and

 

the NWA1300-NJ.

 

The key must be the same on the external authentication server and

 

your NWA1300-NJ. The key is not sent over the network.

 

 

WEP

WEP encryption scrambles the data transmitted between the wireless

 

stations and the access points to keep network communications

 

private. It encrypts unicast and multicast communications in a

 

network. Both the wireless clients and the access points must use the

 

same WEP key.

 

Select this to configure and enable WEP encryption.

 

 

Encryption

The NWA1300-NJ allows you to configure up to four 64-bit or 128-bit

 

WEP keys but only one key can be enabled at any one time.

 

 

Mode

Select the type of input mode from the drop-down list box.

 

Select ASCII to enter ASCII characters as WEP key.

 

Select HEX to enter hexadecimal characters as a WEP key.

 

 

 

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