Prestige 334W User’s Guide

 

Table 8-5 Wireless: WPA

 

 

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

 

 

WPA Group Key

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

Update Timer

key 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 WPA Group Key Update Timer is also supported in

 

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

Preamble

Select a preamble type from the drop-down list menu. Choices are Long, Short or

 

Dynamic. The default setting is Long. See the section on preamble for more

 

information.

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 Burst

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

 

(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.

 

 

8.9802.1x Overview

The IEEE 802.1x standard outlines enhanced security methods for both the authentication of wireless stations and encryption key management. Authentication can be done using the local user database internal to the Prestige (authenticate up to 32 users) or an external RADIUS server for an unlimited number of users.

See also the section on RADIUS in this User’s Guide.

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Wireless Security