Security And Authentication - Samsung WEC8500 Operation Manual

Security and Authentication

The Samsung W-EP AP/APC supports the security and authentication function defined
in the IEEE 802.11-based wireless LAN security standard and its main mechanism is as
follows:
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When a new WLAN is added, the initial WLAN security configuration becomes all
disabled. Therefore, an operator must configure the security function.
Initialization of WLAN Security Function
This is a procedure to disable WLAN, where the security function is configured, to the
initial status.
Configuration using CLI
An example of initializing the security function of wlan 1 is show below:
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WEC8500# configure terminal
WEC8500/configure# wlan 1
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WEC8500/configure/wlan 1# security
WEC8500/configure/wlan 1/security# setDefault
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WEC8500/configure/wlan 1/security# apply
WEC8500/configure/wlan 1/security# exit
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Configuration using Web UI
In the menu bar of <WEC Main window>, select <Configuration> and then select the
<WLANs> menu in the sub-menus. Select a WLAN ID to change in the WLANs screen
and go to the <Security>  <L2> tab.
WEC8500/WEC8050 (APC) Operation Manual v10.1
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Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP)
Wi-Fi Protected Access Version 1 (WPA1), Wi-Fi Protected Access
Version 2 (WPA2)
Authentication type: Pre-Shared Key (PSK), 802.1X
Encryption type: Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP), AES-CCMP
Go to configure  wlan configuration mode of CLI.
After entering into the security configuration mode, use the 'setDefault'
command to initialize the security configuration.
After applying the changed configuration, exit the security configuration
mode.
To check configuration information, use the 'show wlan security
summary' command.
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