Cisco AIR-PCM340 Installation And Configuration Manual page 89

Chapter 5 Advanced Configuration on Mac OS 9.x
Table 5-7
Parameter
Home Authentication
Type
Home Channel
Click Apply at the bottom of the Home Networking screen to save any changes you have made.
Go to the "Specifying a Home Network Configuration" section below for instructions on activating a
home network configuration.
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Home Networking Parameters (continued)
Description
Defines how your client adapter attempts to authenticate to a base station.
If LEAP is enabled on your client adapter, Open is the only available
option.
The Shared Key option is available only if the client adapter is assigned a
WEP key and WEP is enabled. For additional information, refer to the
Chapter 4, "Security Features."
Default: Open
Authentication
Open
Shared Key
Specifies which frequency your client adapter uses as the channel for
communications. These channels conform to the IEEE 802.11 Standard for
your regulatory domain.
If your home network uses a base station, this parameter does not
•
appear because it is set automatically and cannot be changed. The client
adapter uses the same frequency as the base station.
• If your home network does not use a base station, the channel of the
client adapter must be set to match the channel used by the other clients
with which you wish to communicate.
Range: Dependent on regulatory domain
Example: 1 to 11 (2412 to 2462 MHz) in North America
Note Refer to Appendix A for a list of channel identifiers, channel
center frequencies, and regulatory domains for each channel.
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Description
Allows your client adapter, regardless of its WEP
settings, to authenticate and attempt to communicate
with a base station.
Allows your client adapter to communicate only with
base stations that have the same WEP keys.
The base station sends a known unencrypted
"challenge packet" to the client adapter, which
encrypts the packet and sends it back to the base
station. The base station attempts to decrypt the
encrypted packet and sends an authentication
response packet indicating the success or failure of
the decryption back to the client adapter.
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