Configuring Wpa2 And Wpa2-Psk (Aes) - NETGEAR ProSafe WG102-500 Reference Manual

WG102-500, WGAP150 ProSafe™ 802.11g Wireless Access Point

Configuring WPA2 and WPA2-PSK (AES)

WPA2 security requires RADIUS-based 802.1x authentication, so you also must define
RADIUS server settings. For information about RADIUS servers, see
Server Settings" on page
require authentication from a RADIUS server. Both methods use Advanced Encryption
Standard (AES) encryption.
When you select WPA2-AES from the Security Policy pull-down menu, the section expands
to display the WPA2-AES fields.
as an example.
Figure 3-7
Specify the fields that are explained in
Table 3-5.
Field Descriptions
User Pre-Shared Key From the User Authentication pull-down menu, select the Pre-Shared
Authentication
RADIUS
Re-Keying The period during which the broadcast key remains valid. When the period expires, the
Period broadcast key is no longer valid and must be renewed. The default is 3600 seconds
(1 hour).
Re-key on Select the Re-key on re-keying period checkbox to require rekeying after the rekeying
re-keying period period has expired.
Re-key if any Select the Re-key if any station disassociates checkbox to require rekeying after any
station wireless station logs off from the wireless access point.
disassociates
45. WPA2-PSK security uses a pre-shared key (PSK) and does not
Figure 3-7 on page 43
Table 3-5
Key to enable WPA2-PSK. WPA2-PSK does not require a RADIUS
server for authentication, but you must specify a passphrase.
Passphrase Enter a passphrase with a length must between 8 and 63
characters (inclusive).
Click the Hide / Show Passphrase hyperlink to switch
between hiding and showing the passphrase on screen.
Hiding the passphrase provides added security in a
public environment.
From the User Authentication pull-down menu, select RADIUS to
enable WPA2, which requires a RADIUS server for authentication (see
"Configuring RADIUS Server Settings" on page
user authentication setting.
"Configuring RADIUS
shows RADIUS user authentication
.
45). This is the default
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