Configuring The Access Ports - Motorola WS2000 System Reference Manual

Leo also selects Allow WPA/WPA2-TKIP clients
TKIP is an earlier version of the WPA encryption method. WPA2 is more secure, but not all wireless clients
in Leo's office are WPA2-capable. Selecting this option allows the older clients to use WPA-TKIP when they
are not WPA2-CCMP-capable.
Leo also selects Pre-Authentication
are options that are designed to make it easier for 802.1x wireless clients to roam within a WLAN. Under
Pre-Authentication, a wireless client connected to one Access Port can communicate with other Access
Ports and begin the authentication procedure before beginning to actual use that Access Port for network
traffic. Under Opportunistic Key
Master Key (PMK) with one Access Port on a given WS2000 is allowed to use that same PMK with other
Access Ports connected to the same WS2000. Both options increase the speed of roaming under 802.1x
security and Leo enables both of them.
Leo clicks the Ok
configuration.
This completes configuration of the engineering WLAN. The sales and marketing WLAN and the
administration WLAN are configured exactly the same way, with the sole exception that they take different
names and ESSIDs.
WLAN
Sales and Marketing
Administration
After these WLANs are configured, the next step is to configure the Access Ports.

12.25 Configuring the Access Ports

The WS2000 allows the user to specify default settings for Access Ports. Leo expands the
in the left menu and selects the
the defaults for these in this section.
and Opportunistic Key Caching
Caching, a wireless client which has agreed upon a given Pairwise
button to save his WPA2-CCMP settings, then the
WS2000 Name
MrkWLAN
AdmWLAN
802.11b Defaults
in the section labelled WPA2-CCMP Mixed Mode. WPA-
in the Fast Roaming section. These
Apply button to confirm the WLAN
ESSID
Marketing
Administration
node. Leo has four AP200 ports and he will be able to set
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APs/Radios node