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Appendix C Wireless LANs
The following figure shows t he relat ive effect iveness of t hese wireless securit y m et hods available on
your device.
Table 116 Wireless Securit y Levels
SECURITY
LEVEL
Least
Secure
Most Secure
Not e: You m ust enable t he sam e wireless securit y set t ings on t he device and on all
wireless client s t hat you want t o associat e wit h it .
IEEE 802.1x
I n June 2001, t he I EEE 802.1x st andard was designed t o ext end t he feat ures of I EEE 802.11 t o
support ext ended aut hent icat ion as well as providing addit ional account ing and cont rol feat ures. I t
is support ed by Windows XP and a num ber of net work devices. Som e advant ages of I EEE 802.1x
are:
• User based ident ificat ion t hat allows for roam ing.
• Support for RADI US ( Rem ot e Aut hent icat ion Dial I n User Service, RFC 2138, 2139) for
cent ralized user profile and account ing m anagem ent on a net work RADI US server.
• Support for EAP ( Ext ensible Aut hent icat ion Prot ocol, RFC 2486) t hat allows addit ional
aut hent icat ion m et hods t o be deployed wit h no changes t o t he access point or t he wireless
client s.
RADIUS
RADI US is based on a client- server m odel t hat support s aut hent icat ion, aut horizat ion and
account ing. The access point is t he client and t he server is t he RADI US server. The RADI US server
handles t he following t asks:
• Aut hent icat ion
Det erm ines t he ident it y of t he users.
• Aut horizat ion
Det erm ines t he net work services available t o aut hent icat ed users once t hey are connect ed t o t he
net work.
• Account ing
Keeps t rack of t he client 's net work act ivit y.
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SECURITY TYPE
Unique SSI D ( Default )
Unique SSI D wit h Hide SSI D Enabled
MAC Address Filt ering
WEP Encrypt ion
I EEE802.1x EAP wit h RADI US Server Aut hent icat ion
Wi- Fi Prot ect ed Access ( WPA)
WPA2
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