Access Points In Relay Mode; Security For Point-To-Point Connections; Encryption With 802.11I/Wpa - Lancom 3550 Wireless User Manual

Configuration with Under WEBconfig or Telnet you can set the settings for the point-to-point
WEBconfig or Telnet
connections under the following paths:
Configuration tool
WEBconfig
Terminal/Telnet
6.3

Access points in relay mode

Access points equipped with two wireless modules can be used to establish
wireless bridges across multiple stations. Each wireless module is configured
as a 'Master' and then 'Slave' in turn.
Master

6.4

Security for point-to-point connections

IEEE 802.11i can be used to attain a significant increase in the security of
WLAN point-to-point connections. All of the advantages of 802.11i such as
the simple configuration and the powerful encryption with AES are thus avail-
able for P2P mode, as are the improved security of the passphrase from the
LANCOM Enhance Passphrase Security (LEPS).
6.4.1

Encryption with 802.11i/WPA

To activate the 802.11i encryption for a correctly configured P2P connection,
adjust the settings for the first logical WLAN network in the appropriate
WLAN interface (i.e. WLAN-1 if you are using the first WLAN card for the P2P
Menu/Table
Expert configuration
faces Interpoint-Settings
cd /Setup/Interfaces/WLAN-Interfaces/
Interpoint-Settings
Slave Master
The use of relay stations each equipped with two WLAN modules
simultaneously solves the problem of the "hidden station", by which
the MAC addresses of the WLAN clients are not transferred over mul-
tiple stations.
LANCOM 3550 Wireless
Chapter 6: Point- to- point connections
Setup Interfaces
Slave Master
WLAN-Inter-
Slave
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