Using The Web Management Interface - Foundry Networks IronPoint 200 User Manual

Foundry IronPoint 200 User Guide
Command Mode
Interface Configuration (Wireless)
Command Usage
• To enable Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP), use the authentication shared command to select
shared key authentication, use the encryption command to enable data encryption, and use
the key command to configure at least one key.
• If WEP is enabled, all wireless clients must be configured with the same shared keys to
communicate with the access point.
transmit-key
This command sets the index of the key to be used for encrypting data frames broadcast or multicast
from the VAP interface to wireless clients.
Syntax
transmit-key <index>
index - Key index. (Range: 1-4)
Default Setting
1
Command Mode
Interface Configuration (Wireless-VAP)
Command Usage
• If you use WEP key encryption, the VAP interface uses the transmit key to encrypt multicast
and broadcast data signals that it sends to client devices. Other keys can be used for decryption
of data from clients.
• When using IEEE 802.1x, the access point uses a dynamic WEP key to encrypt unicast and
broadcast messages to 802.1x-enabled clients. However, because the access point sends the
WEP keys during the 802.1x authentication process, these keys do not have to appear in the
client's WEP key list.
• In a mixed-mode environment with clients using static WEP keys and WPA, select WEP
transmit key index 2, 3, or 4. The access point uses transmit key index 1 for the generation of
dynamic keys.

Using the Web Management Interface

To configure a VAP interface to use static WEP shared keys, follow these steps:
1. From the main menu, under the Radio Interface 802.11a or 802.11g, click Radio Settings.
2. Select the type of key to enter, hexadecimal or alphanumeric.
Note: On the Web interface, the key type you select for WEP keys applies only to keys that you
are currently entering. It does not reflect the key types of existing WEP keys stored in the access
point's configuration file.
You can have up to four WEP keys, which can be in hexadecimal or alphanumeric format and
have different key lengths.
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