ZyAIR B-500 Wireless Access Point User’s Guide

Menu 23.4 - System Security - IEEE802.1x

Wireless Port Control= Authentication Required

ReAuthentication Timer (in second)= 1800

Idle Timeout (in second)= 3600

Key Management Protocol= 802.1x

Dynamic WEP Key Exchange= Disable

PSK = N/A

Data Privacy for Broadcast/Multicast packets= N/A

WPA Broadcast/Multicast Key Update Timer= N/A

Authentication Databases= Local User Database Only

Press ENTER to Confirm or ESC to Cancel:

Figure 15-5 Menu 23.4 System Security : IEEE802.1x

The following table describes the fields in this menu.

 

Table 15-2 Menu 23.4 System Security : IEEE802.1x

 

 

FIELD

DESCRIPTION

 

 

Wireless Port

Press [SPACE BAR] and select a security mode for the wireless LAN access.

Control

Select No Authentication Required to allow any wireless stations access to your

 

 

wired network without entering usernames and passwords. This is the default

 

setting.

 

Selecting Authentication Required means wireless stations have to enter

 

usernames and passwords before access to the wired network is allowed.

 

Select No Access Allowed to block all wireless stations access to the wired

 

network.

 

The following fields are not available when you select No Authentication Required

 

or No Access Allowed.

ReAuthentica-tion

Specify how often a wireless station has to re-enter username and password to stay

Timer

connected to the wired network.

(in seconds)

This field is activated only when you select Authentication Required in the

 

 

Wireless Port Control field. Enter a time interval between 10 and 9999 (in

 

seconds). The default time interval is 1800 seconds (or 30 minutes).

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System Security