Prestige 334W User’s Guide

 

 

Table 8-1 Wireless: No Security

 

 

 

 

 

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

 

 

 

 

 

 

802.11 Mode

Select 802.11b Only to allow only IEEE 802.11b compliant WLAN devices to associate

 

 

 

with the Prestige.

 

 

 

Select 802.11g Only to allow only IEEE 802.11g compliant WLAN devices to associate

 

 

 

with the Prestige.

 

 

 

Select Mixed to allow either IEEE802.11b or IEEE802.11g compliant WLAN devices to

 

 

 

associate with the Prestige. The transmission rate of your Prestige might be reduced.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Max. Frame

Enable Maximum Frame Burst to help eliminate collisions in mixed-mode networks

 

 

Burst

(networks with both IEEE 802.11g and IEEE 802.11b traffic) and enhance the

 

 

 

performance of both pure IEEE 802.11g and mixed IEEE 802.11b/g networks. Maximum

 

 

 

Frame Burst sets the maximum time, in microseconds, that the Prestige transmits IEEE

 

 

 

802.11g wireless traffic only.

 

 

 

Type the maximum frame burst between 0 and 1800 (650, 1000 or 1800 recommended).

 

 

 

Enter 0 to disable this feature. The default is 650.

 

 

Apply

Click Apply to save your changes back to the Prestige.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reset

Click Reset to reload the previous configuration for this screen.

 

 

 

 

 

8.2Security Parameters Summary

Refer to this table to see what other security parameters you should configure for each Authentication Method/ key management protocol type. You enter manual keys by first selecting 64-bit WEP or 128-bit WEP from the WEP Encryption field and then typing the keys (in ASCII or hexadecimal format) in the key text boxes. MAC address filters are not dependent on how you configure these security features.

Table 8-2 Wireless Security Relational Matrix

AUTHENTICATION

ENCRYPTION

ENTER

IEEE 802.1X

METHOD/ KEY

METHOD

MANUAL KEY

 

MANAGEMENT PROTOCOL

 

 

 

Open

None

No

Disable

 

 

 

 

Open

WEP

No

Enable with Dynamic WEP Key

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yes

Enable without Dynamic WEP Key

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yes

Disable

 

 

 

 

Shared

WEP

No

Enable with Dynamic WEP Key

 

 

 

 

Wireless Security

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