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•A computer with an IEEE 802.11 a/b/g wireless LAN adapter and equipped with a web browser (with JavaScript enabled) and/or Telnet.

•A wireless station computer must be running IEEE 802.1x-compliant software. Not all Windows operating systems support IEEE 802.1x (see the Microsoft web site for details). For other operating systems, see their documentation. If your operating system does not support IEEE 802.1x, then you may need to install IEEE 802.1x client software.

•An optional network RADIUS server for remote user authentication and accounting.

Select Authentication Required in the Wireless Port Control field and 802.1x in the Key Management Protocol field to display the next screen.

Figure 26 Wireless LAN: 802.1x/WPA: 802.1xl

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 16 Wireless LAN: 802.1x/WPA: 802.1x

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

 

 

Wireless Port

To control wireless station access to the wired network, select a control method

Control

from the drop-down list box. Choose from No Authentication Required,

 

Authentication Required and No Access Allowed.

 

The following fields are only available when you select Authentication Required.

 

 

ReAuthentication

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

Timer

order to stay connected. This field is activated only when you select

(in Seconds)

Authentication Required in the Wireless Port Control field.

 

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.

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