Chapter 12 AP Profile
Table 57 SSID > Security Profile > Add/Edit Security Profile (continued)
LABEL | DESCRIPTION |
Cipher Type | Select an encryption cipher type from the list. |
| • auto - This automatically chooses the best available cipher based |
| on the cipher in use by the wireless client that is attempting to |
| make a connection. |
| • tkip - This is the Temporal Key Integrity Protocol encryption |
| method added later to the WEP encryption protocol to further |
| secure. Not all wireless clients may support this. |
| • aes - This is the Advanced Encryption Standard encryption |
| method. It is a more recent development over TKIP and |
| considerably more robust. Not all wireless clients may support this. |
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Group Key | Enter the interval (in seconds) at which the AP updates the group WPA |
Update Timer | encryption key. |
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Pre- | This is available when the profile is set to use wpa2 or |
Authentication | and 802.1x. Enable or Disable |
| send authentication information to other APs on the network, allowing |
| connected wireless clients to switch APs without having to re- |
| authenticate their network connection. |
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OK | Click OK to save your changes back to the |
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Cancel | Click Cancel to exit this screen without saving your changes. |
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12.3.3 MAC Filter List
This screen allows you to create and manage security configurations that can be used by your SSIDs. To access this screen click Configuration > Object > AP Profile > SSID > MAC Filter List.
Note: You can have a maximum of 32 MAC filtering profiles on the
Figure 72 Configuration > Object > AP Profile > SSID > MAC Filter List
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Table 58 Configuration > Object > AP Profile > SSID > MAC Filter List
LABEL | DESCRIPTION |
Add | Click this to add a new MAC filtering profile. |
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Edit | Click this to edit the selected MAC filtering profile. |
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Remove | Click this to remove the selected MAC filtering profile. |
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