Wireless Client Wpa Supplicants; Figure 41 Wireless: Wpa-Psk; Table 32 Wireless: Wpa-Psk - ZyXEL Communications P-335WT User Manual

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Figure 41 Wireless: WPA-PSK

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 32 Wireless: WPA-PSK

LABEL
Pre-Shared Key
ReAuthentication
Timer (in seconds)
Idle Timeout
WPA Group Key
Update Timer
Apply
Reset

5.4.7 Wireless Client WPA Supplicants

A wireless client supplicant is the software that runs on an operating system instructing the
wireless client how to use WPA. At the time of writing, the most widely available supplicant is
the WPA patch for Windows XP, Funk Software's Odyssey client.
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DESCRIPTION
The encryption mechanisms used for WPA and WPA-PSK are the same. The only
difference between the two is that WPA-PSK uses a simple common password,
instead of user-specific credentials.
Type a pre-shared key from 8 to 63 case-sensitive ASCII characters (including
spaces and symbols).
Specify how often wireless stations have to reenter usernames and passwords in
order to stay connected. Enter a time interval between 10 and 9999 seconds. The
default time interval is 1800 seconds (30 minutes).
Note: If wireless station authentication is done using a RADIUS
server, the reauthentication timer on the RADIUS server has
priority.
The Prestige automatically disconnects a wireless station from the wired network
after a period of inactivity. The wireless station needs to enter the username and
password again before access to the wired network is allowed. The default time
interval is 3600 seconds (or 1 hour).
The WPA Group Key Update Timer is the rate at which the AP (if using WPA-
PSK key management) or RADIUS server (if using WPA key management) sends
a new 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. The Prestige default is 1800 seconds (30 minutes).
Click Apply to save your changes back to the Prestige.
Click Reset to reload the previous configuration for this screen.
Chapter 5 Wireless LAN (P-335WT)