Cisco Small Business Pro SA 520W Administration Manual page 107

Wireless Configuration for the SA 520W
Configuring an Access Point
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Click Wireless on the menu bar, and then click Profiles in the navigation tree.
The Profiles page appears. The existing profiles appear in the List of Profiles table.
In the first row of the table, click the button in the Edit column to configure the
default profile.
Other options: Click Add to add an entry. Click the button in the Adv Config
column, the QoS Config column, or the Configure MAC Filter column to edit other
settings (more information later in this chapter). To delete a profile, check the box
and then click Delete. To select all entries, check the box in the first column of the
table heading.
After you click Add or Edit, the Profile Configuration page appears.
Enter the following information in the Profile Configuration area:
• Profile Name: For a new profile, enter a unique (alphanumeric) identifier for
this wireless profile. For the default profile, the name default1 cannot be
changed.
• Security: Choose the type of security to be configured in this profile:
- OPEN: No security. Any wireless device can connect (subject to access
point ACL policy).
- WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy): WEP encryption is an older encryption
method that is not considered to be secure and can easily be broken.
Select this option only if you need to allow access to devices that do not
support WPA or WPA2.
- WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access): WPA provides better security than WEP
because it uses dynamic key encryption. This standard was
implemented as an intermediate measure to replace WEP, pending final
completion of the 802. 1 1i standard for WPA2. WPA supports TKIP or
TKIP+CCMP encryption (default is TKIP) and PSK/RADIUS
authentication. This option is a good choice if you need to allow access
to devices that do not support WPA2.
- WPA2: WPA2 provides the best security for wireless transmissions. This
method implements the security standards specified in the final version
of 802. 1 1i. WPA2 supports CCMP or CCMP+TKIP encryption (default is
CCMP) and PSK/RADIUS authentication. WPA2 is recommended,
although some devices may not support this security mode. To protect
your information as it is transmitted over the airwaves, you should enable
the highest level of encryption supported by your network equipment.
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