Selecting Microsoft As Your Security Choice; Using Wpa Security - Intermec CK31 User Manual

Chapter 2 — Configuring the CK31

Selecting Microsoft as Your Security Choice

The default security setting is Funk. If you want to use
Microsoft security, you need to select it as your security choice.
To select Microsoft security as your security choice
1 Tap the Start icon or press C and then B. The Start menu
appears.
2 Select Intermec Settings. The Intermec Settings application
appears.
3 Select Communications > 802.11 Radio > Security Choice.
4 From the Security Choice list, select Microsoft Security.
5 Press Enter. An alert box appears telling you that you must
save your settings and warm boot the CK31 for your new
security choice to take effect.
6 Tap Yes.
7 Save your settings.
8 Warm boot your CK31 by pressing and holding the I key for
five seconds.

Using WPA Security

Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) is a strongly enhanced,
interoperable Wi-Fi security that addresses many of the
vulnerabilities of Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP). Instead of
WEP, WPA uses Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP) for
its data encryption method.
Currently, WPA satisfies some of the requirements in the IEEE
802.11i draft standard. When the standard is finalized, WPA
will maintain forward compatibility.
WPA runs in 802.1x (Enterprise) mode or PSK (Pre-Shared
Key) mode:
• In Enterprise mode, WPA provides user authentication using
802.1x and the Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP).
That is, an authentication server (such as a RADIUS server)
must authenticate each device before the device can
communicate with the wireless network.
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