Enabling 802.1X Key Transmission; Configuring 802.1X Key Transmission Time Intervals; Managing Wep Keys - D-Link DWS-1008 - AirPremier MobileLAN Switch Product Manual

Enabling 802.1X Key Transmission

The following command enables or disables the transmission of key information to the supplicant (client)
in EAPoL key messages, after authentication:
set dot1x key-tx {enable | disable}
Key transmission is enabled by default.
The switch sends EAPoL key messages after successfully authenticating the supplicant (client) and
receiving authorization attributes for the client. If the client is using dynamic WEP, the EAPoL Key
messages are sent immediately after authorization.
Type the following command to reenable key transmission:
DWS-1008# set dot1x key-tx enable
success: dot1x key transmission enabled.

Configuring 802.1X Key Transmission Time Intervals

The following command sets the number of seconds the switch waits before retransmitting an EAPoL
packet of key information:
set dot1x tx-period seconds
The default is 5 seconds. The range for the retransmission interval is from 1 to 65,535 seconds. For
example, type the following command to set the retransmission interval to 300 seconds:
DWS-1008# set dot1x tx-period 300
success: dot1x tx-period set to 300.
Type the following command to reset the retransmission interval to the 5-second default:
DWS-1008# clear dot1x tx-period
success: change accepted.
Wired-Equivalent Privacy (WEP) is part of the system security of 802.1X. MSS uses WEP to provide
confidentiality to packets as they are sent over the air. WEP operates on the access point.
WEP uses a secret key shared between the communicators. WEP rekeying increases the security of
the network. New unicast keys are generated every time a client performs 802.1X authentication.
The rekeying process can be performed automatically on a periodic basis. By setting the Session-
Timeout RADIUS attribute, you make the reauthentication transparent to the client, who is unaware that
reauthentication is occurring. A good value for Session-Timeout is 30 minutes.
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Managing WEP Keys