ZyAIR B-500 Wireless Access Point User’s Guide

WEP Encryption

WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) encrypts data frames before transmitting over the wireless network to help keep network communications private.

Wi-Fi Protected Access

Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) is a subset of the IEEE 802.11i security specification draft. Key differences between WPA and WEP are user authentication and improved data encryption.

IEEE 802.1x Network Security

The ZyAIR supports the IEEE 802.1x standard to enhance user authentication. Use the built-in user profile database to authenticate up to 32 users using MD5 encryption. Use an EAP-compatible RADIUS (RFC2138, 2139 - Remote Authentication Dial In User Service) server to authenticate a limitless number of users using EAP (Extensible Authentication Protocol). EAP is an authentication protocol that supports multiple types of authentication.

SNMP

SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) is a protocol used for exchanging management information between network devices. SNMP is a member of the TCP/IP protocol suite. Your ZyAIR supports SNMP agent functionality, which allows a manger station to manage and monitor the ZyAIR through the network. The ZyAIR supports SNMP version one (SNMPv1) and version two c (SNMPv2c).

Full Network Management

The embedded web configurator is an all-platform web-based utility that allows you to easily access the ZyAIR’s management settings. Most functions of the ZyAIR are also software configurable via the SMT (System Management Terminal) interface. The SMT is a menu-driven interface that you can access from a terminal emulator over a telnet connection.

Logging and Tracing

♦Built-in message logging and packet tracing.

♦Unix syslog facility support.

Embedded FTP and TFTP Servers

The ZyAIR’s embedded FTP and TFTP servers enable fast firmware upgrades as well as configuration file backups and restoration.

Wireless Association List

With the wireless association list, you can see the list of the wireless stations that are currently using the ZyAIR to access your wired network.

Getting to Know Your ZyAIR

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