Prestige 334W User’s Guide

 

 

Table 8-6 Wireless: 802.1x and Dynamic WEP

 

 

 

 

 

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dynamic WEP

Select 64-bit WEP or 128-bit WEP to enable data encryption. Up to 32 stations can

 

 

Key Exchange

access the Prestige when you configure dynamic WEP key exchange.This field is not

 

 

 

available when you set Security to WPA or WPA-PSK.

 

 

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.

 

 

 

 

 

8.12 Configuring 802.1x and Static WEP Key Exchange

In order to configure and enable 802.1x and Static WEP Key Exchange; click the WIRELESS link under ADVANCED to display the Wireless screen. Select 802.1x + Static WEP from the Security list.

Wireless Security

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