ZyWALL 5/35/70 Series User’s Guide

9.16.3 WPA

Click the NETWORK and WIRELESS CARD to display the Wireless Card screen. Select WPA from the Security list.

Figure 83 Wireless Card: WPA

The following wireless LAN security fields become available when you select WPA in the Security drop down list-box.

Table 57 Wireless Card: WPA

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

 

 

Security

Select WPA from the drop-down list.

 

 

ReAuthentication

Specify how often wireless stations have to resend user names and passwords in

Timer (Seconds)

order to stay connected. Enter a time interval between 10 and 65535 seconds.

 

If wireless station authentication is done using a RADIUS server, the

 

reauthentication timer on the RADIUS server has priority.

Idle Timeout

The ZyWALL automatically disconnects a wireless station from the wired network

(Seconds)

after a period of inactivity. The wireless station needs to enter the user name and

 

password again before access to the wired network is allowed.

Authentication

Click RADIUS to go to the RADIUS screen where you can configure the ZyWALL to

Databases

check an external RADIUS server.

WPA Group Key

The WPA Group Key Update Timer is the rate at which the AP (if using WPA-PSK

Update Timer

key management) or RADIUS server (if using WPA key management) sends a new

(Seconds)

group key out to all clients. The re-keying process is the WPA equivalent of

 

automatically changing the WEP key for an AP and all stations in a WLAN on a

 

periodic basis. Setting of the WPA Group Key Update Timer is also supported in

 

WPA-PSK mode.

Apply

Click Apply to save your changes back to the ZyWALL.

 

 

Reset

Click Reset to begin configuring this screen afresh.

 

 

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Chapter 9 Wireless LAN