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The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Table 59 Configuration > Object > AP Profile > SSID > Security List > Add/Edit Security Profile
LABEL DESCRIPTION
General Settings
Profile Name Enter up to 31 alphanumeric characters for the profile name. This name is only visible in
the Web Configurator and is only for management purposes. Spaces and underscores
are allowed.
Security Mode Select a security mode from the list: none, enhanced-open, wep, wpa2, wpa2-mix or
wpa3.
enhanced-open uses Opportunistic Wireless Encryption (OWE) which encrypts the
wireless connection when possible.
Authentication Settings
Enterprise Select this to enable 802.1x secure authentication with a RADIUS server.
ReAuthentication Enter the interval (in seconds) between authentication requests. Enter a 0 for unlimited
Timer
time.
Personal This field is available when you select the wpa2, wpa2-mix or wpa3 security mode.
Select this option to use a Pre-Shared Key (PSK) with WPA2 encryption or Simultaneous
Authentication of Equals (SAE) with WPA3 encryption.
Pre-Shared Key Enter a pre-shared key of between 8 and 63 case-sensitive ASCII characters (including
spaces and symbols) or 64 hexadecimal characters.
Transition Mode Enable this for backwards compatibility. This option is only available if the Security Mode
is wpa3 or enhanced-open. This creates two virtual APs (VAPs) with a primary (wpa3 or
enhanced-open) and fallback (wpa2 or none) security method.
If the Security Mode is wpa3, enabling this will force Management Frame Protection to be
set to Optional. If this is disabled or if the Security Mode is enhanced-open, Management
Frame Protection will be set to Required.
Cipher Type Select an encryption cipher type from the list.
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Idle Timeout Enter the idle interval (in seconds) that a client can be idle before authentication is
discontinued.
Authentication Type Select a WEP authentication method. Choices are Open or Share key.
Key Length Select the bit-length of the encryption key to be used in WEP connections.
If you select WEP-64:
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If you select WEP-128:
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auto - This automatically chooses the best available cipher based on the cipher in
use by the wireless client that is attempting to make a connection.
aes - This is the Advanced Encryption Standard encryption method. It is a more
recent development over TKIP and considerably more robust. Not all wireless clients
may support this.
Enter 10 hexadecimal digits in the range of "A-F", "a-f" and "0-9" (for example,
0x11AA22BB33) for each Key used.
Enter 5 ASCII characters (case sensitive) ranging from "a-z", "A-Z" and "0-9" (for
example, MyKey) for each Key used.
Enter 26 hexadecimal digits in the range of "A-F", "a-f" and "0-9" (for example,
0x00112233445566778899AABBCC) for each Key used.
Enter 13 ASCII characters (case sensitive) ranging from "a-z", "A-Z" and "0-9" (for
example, MyKey12345678) for each Key used.
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