P-2302HW/HWL-P1 Series User’s Guide

The following table describes the wireless LAN security labels in this screen.

Table 38 Wireless: WPA(2)

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

 

 

Security Mode

Choose WPA or WPA2 from the drop-down list box.

 

 

WPA Compatible

This field is only available for WPA2. Select this if you want the ZyXEL Device to

 

support WPA and WPA2 simultaneously.

ReAuthentication

Specify how often wireless stations have to resend usernames and passwords in

Timer (in seconds)

order to stay connected. Enter a time interval between 10 and 9999 seconds. The

 

default time interval is 1800 seconds (30 minutes).

 

 

Note: If wireless station authentication is done using a RADIUS

 

 

server, the reauthentication timer on the RADIUS server has

 

 

priority.

Idle Timeout

The ZyXEL Device 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).

Group Key Update

The Group Key Update Timer is the rate at which the AP (if using WPA-PSKkey

Timer

management) or RADIUS server (if using WPA key management) sends a new

 

 

group key out to all clients. The re-keying process is the WPA equivalent of

 

 

automatically changing the WEP key for an AP and all stations in a WLAN on a

 

 

periodic basis. Setting of the Group Key Update Timer is also supported in

 

 

WPA-PSKmode. The ZyXEL Device default is 1800 seconds (30 minutes).

Authentication Server

 

 

 

IP Address

 

Enter the IP address of the external authentication server in dotted decimal

 

 

notation.

Port Number

 

Enter the port number of the external authentication server. The 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 (up to 31 alphanumeric characters) as the key to be shared

 

 

between the external authentication server and the ZyXEL Device.

 

 

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

 

 

Device. The key is not sent over the network.

Accounting Server (optional)

 

 

IP Address

 

Enter the IP address of the external accounting server in dotted decimal notation.

 

 

 

Port Number

 

Enter the port number of the external accounting server. The default port number

 

 

is 1813.

 

 

You need not change this value unless your network administrator instructs you

 

 

to do so with additional information.

Shared Secret

 

Enter a password (up to 31 alphanumeric characters) as the key to be shared

 

 

between the external accounting server and the ZyXEL Device.

 

 

The key must be the same on the external accounting server and your ZyXEL

 

 

Device. The key is not sent over the network.

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