Cisco DMP 4305G Getting Started Manual page 20

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Service Set ID. A unique identifier that client devices use to associate with the access point. The SSID
SSID
helps client devices distinguish among multiple wireless networks in the same vicinity. The SSID can
be any alphanumeric entry up to 32 characters long.
Caution
Caution
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Temporal Key Integrity Protocol, also known as key hashing, is used as part of server-based
TKIP
EAP authentication.
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Wired Equivalent Privacy is a method to encrypt data transmitted on a wireless network.
WEP
Wired equivalent privacy (WEP) keys are the IEEE 802.11b standard that offers a mechanism to secure
WEP keys
wireless LAN data streams. The goals of WEP include access control to prevent unauthorized users
who lack a correct WEP key from gaining access to the network, and privacy to protect wireless LAN
data streams by encrypting them and allowing decryption only by users with the correct WEP keys.
Wi-Fi Protected Access. WPA is a standards-based, interoperable security enhancement that strongly
WPA
increases the level of data protection and access control for existing and future wireless LAN systems.
It is derived from and will be forward-compatible with the upcoming IEEE 802.11i standard. WPA
leverages TKIP for data protection and 802.1X for authenticated key management.
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The Broadcast SSID setting must be enabled on your wireless access points. Otherwise, your DMPs are
prevented from connecting to your WLAN or obtaining IP addresses.
Whenever you change SSID settings for your WLAN, your DMPs will lose their wireless network
connections. After they are disconnected, they cannot reconnect automatically. In this case, an affected DMP will
appear to associate to your WLAN access point but will not receive any IP address.
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