Using Wep - Ruckus Wireless SmartCell 8800-S User Manual

Table 26. WLAN options (Continued)
Dynamic VLAN
Insert DHCP
Option 82
Client
Fingerprinting
Encryption
Method
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Using WEP

Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) is a security algorithm for 802.11 wireless networks
designed to provide data confidentiality comparable to that of a wired network. WEP
uses a pre-shared key for encrypting data frames that is shared among all users of
the wireless network. For this reason and others, WEP has been discredited as a
security mechanism and should be avoided in favor of WPA if at all possible.
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This setting is available only with WPA encryption and 802.1X
authentication. Dynamic VLAN allows the dynamic assignment of
VLANs to clients based on RADIUS attributes. Enable this option only
if your RADIUS server is configured to segment clients using dynamic
VLAN.
When this option is enabled on an SSID, additional information is
encapsulated in DHCP option 82 and inserted into DHCP request
packets. Current format of option 82 is:
Circuit ID sub-option:
WLAN:<IFNAME>:<VLAN>:<SSID>:<MODEL>:
<HOSTNAME>:<DEVMAC>
This option supports the ability for a service provider to allocate IP
addresses intelligently by considering information on the origin of the
IP allocation request.
When this option is enabled the AP attempts to identify client devices
by their operating system, device type and host name, if available.
By default, all data exchanges on your wireless network are not
encrypted, but you can select an encryption method in this option,
and use the extra workspace features that appear to fine-tune the
encryption settings.
Ruckus Wireless strongly recommends using WPA as
CAUTION:
the encryption method as WEP has been proven to be easily
circumvented. For more information, see either
page 94 or "Using WPA" on page
Configuring Wireless Settings
Configuring Wireless # (WLAN Number) Settings
"Using WEP" on
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