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Chapter 3 - Base Station ManagementNetwork
Chapter 3 - Base Station Management
For the WEP Open System and WEP Shared Key encryptions, you can specify up to 4 keys and only 1
would be used at a time. The following parameters are available:
Used Key Slot: Chooses from Key #1 to Key #4.
Key #1: Specifies a string of characters to be used as the password. You can click on the Reveal/hide
password icon (
Key #2, Key #3, and Key #4: Similar to Key #1.
WPA or WPA2 with PSK: WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access) became available in 2003 and was intended as
an intermediate measure in anticipation of the availability of the more secure and complex WPA2. WPA
is a more powerful security technology for Wi-Fi networks than WEP. It provides strong data protection
by using encryption as well as better access control and user authentication. TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity
Protocol) is used for data encryption. TKIP is no longer considered secure and was deprecated in the
2012 revision of the 802.11 standard.
WPA has been replaced by WPA2 using the much stronger AES-based security. The WPA options are
available for supporting some client devices that do not support WPA2 with AES encryption. These
options are no longer supported for client using the IEEE 802.11n standard.
For WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK, WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK Mixed Mode encryptions, we have the following
options.
Cipher: The options are CCMP(AES) or TKIP and CCMP(AES). The Counter Mode Cipher Block
Chaining Message Authentication Code Protocol (CCMP) is based on the Advanced Encryption
Standard (AES) and is the most secure protocol.
Key: The pre-shared key (PSK) is the password for the wireless network. This may consist of 8 to 63
printable ASCII characters. You can click on the Reveal/hide password icon (
each field to hide (the default) or reveal the typed string.
IEEE802.1X/WPA-EAP or IEEE802.1X/WPA2-EAP: The Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) is
encapsulated by the IEEE 802.1X authentication method. IEEE 802.1X is equivalent to EAP over LAN or
WLAN. Enterprise networks commonly use this authentication method.
Required parameters:
Cipher: The options are CCMP(AES) or TKIP and CCMP(AES).
Radius-Authentication-Server: The IP address of the RADIUS authentication server.
Radius-Authentication-Port: The port number for the RADIUS authentication server. Normally, the
port number is 1812.
Radius-Authentication-Secret: The password for authentication transaction. You can click on the
Reveal/hide password icon (
typed string.
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) on the right side of each field to hide (the default) or reveal the typed string.
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