Chapter 4 Wireless LAN

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Wireless Security

Setup

 

 

Select SSID

Select the desired Service Set Identity (SSID).

 

 

Encryption

Choose encryption security type WPA2. The other encryption

 

security options are: WEP, WPA, WPA-Mixed, and Disable. The

 

default is Disable.

 

 

Authentication

Select Enterprise (RADIUS) or Personal (Pre-Shared Key)

Mode

authentication. Personal (Pre-Shared Key) is the default.

 

 

WPA2 Cipher

Tick the Cipher Suite type, TKIP or AES.

Suite

 

 

 

Pre-Shared

Select the PSK format, Passphrase or HEX – 64 characters.

Key Format

 

 

 

Pre-Shared

Enter a simple common password for the PSK. The pre-shared

Key

key is from 8 to 63 case-sensitive ASCII characters (including

 

spaces and symbols) or less than 64 case-sensitive HEX

 

characters ("0-9", "A-F").

 

 

RADIUS

Enter the IP address of the RADIUS server.

Server IP

 

Address

 

 

 

RADIUS

Enter the port number being used with the RADIUS server. 1812

Server Port

is the default port.

 

 

RADIUS

Enter the security key for the RADIUS server.

Server

 

Password

 

 

 

Apply

Click Apply to save your changes back to the FSG1100HN.

 

 

Reset

Click Reset to reset the settings on this screen.

 

 

4.6.4WPA-Mixed

Click Wireless > Security > WPA-Mixed to open the Wireless Security WPA- Mixed screens.

Wireless > Security > WPA-Mixed

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Wireless Security Setup window for WPA-Mixed (Personal (Pre-Shared Key))

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