Configuring Wireless Network
Configuring Basic Wireless Settings
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Configuring Wireless Security
For security purposes, we strongly recommend that you configure each SSID with
the highest level of security that is supported by the devices into your wireless
network. You can configure one of the following security modes for the wireless
network:
The WEP security mode offers weak security with a basic encryption method that
is not as secure as WPA. WEP may be required if your network devices do not
support WPA. If you do not have to use WEP, we recommend that you use WPA2.
The WPA-Personal, WPA2-Personal, and the WPA2-Personal Mixed security
modes offer strong security to replace WEP.
• WPA-Personal: WPA is part of the wireless security standard (802.11i)
standardized by the Wi-Fi Alliance and was intended as an intermediate
measure to take the place of WEP while the 802.11i standard was being
prepared. WPA-Personal supports Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP)
and Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) encryption.
• WPA2-Personal: (Recommended) WPA2 is the implementation of the
security standard specified in the final 802.11i standard. WPA2 supports
AES encryption and this option uses Pre-shared Key (PSK) for
authentication.
• WPA2-Personal Mixed: Allows both WPA and WPA2 clients to connect
simultaneously using PSK authentication. The personal authentication is the
PSK that is an alphanumeric passphrase shared with the wireless peer.
The WPA-Enterprise, WPA2-Enterprise, and the WPA2-Enterprise Mixed
security modes allow you to use RADIUS server authentication.
• WPA-Enterprise: Allows you to use WPA with RADIUS server
authentication.
• WPA2-Enterprise: Allows you to use WPA2 with RADIUS server
authentication.
• WPA2-Enterprise Mixed: Allows both WPA and WPA2 clients to connect
simultaneously using RADIUS authentication.
To configure the security settings for a SSID:
STEP 1 In the Wireless Table (Wireless > Basic Settings), check the SSID that you want
to configure.
STEP 2 Click Edit Security Mode. The Security Settings page opens.
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