Setting Default Rate Limiting (Multicast Traffic); Configuring Security; Setting Secure Access - Cabletron Systems RoamAbout Access Point Manual

Setting Default Rate Limiting (Multicast Traffic)

Setting Default Rate Limiting (Multicast Traffic)
By default, the Access Point is configured to limit multicast traffic to 100 Kb/sec. This
parameter is not available on the RoamAbout client.
To enable or disable this parameter using the AP Manager, click the Operating Modes
button in the main window.
To enable or disable this parameter using the console port, select the Module-Specific
Options in the RoamAbout Access Point Installation Menu.
To change the value of this setting (instead of enabling or disabling the 100 Kb/sec value),
you need to manage the Access Point from a Network Management Station.

Configuring Security

To have the most amount of security in your wireless infrastructure network:
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Set up your networking protocols to require user names and passwords. Refer to the
documentation that came with the networking software or operating system.
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Enable Secure Access at the Access Points.
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Enable encryption and configure clients that you want to be in the network with the
proper encryption keys.
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Configure the Access Points to not communicate with unencrypted clients.
You can also use encryption in a LAN-to-LAN configuration and ad-hoc networks to
enhance security.

Setting Secure Access

Secure Access only applies in a wireless infrastructure network. This parameter is only
available at the Access Point.
When Secure Access is enabled, the Access Point denies access to wireless clients that do
not use the correct wireless network name. When Secure Access is disabled, the Access
Point allows access to wireless clients that use ANY (all uppercase) as the wireless network
name or have a blank wireless network name.
To enable or disable Secure Access using the AP Manager, click the Wireless Parameters
button. Use the Help button for detailed information.
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