Using the Web Configuration Interface
802.11 Authentication
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802.11 Authentication
From the Security page, click
Authentication
. The Authentication page appears, where you
can configure authentication for the 802.11 wireless interface. You can change the
authentication by selecting one of the drop-down settings.
When you are finished, click
Change
.
Pairwise-AES-Comp
: Another dynamic key encryption mode which uses the
AES algorithm for encryption, and a more secure key negotiation protocol. Only
usable for RSN or WPA authentication modes (rsn-radius, rsn-ttls, wpa-radius,
wpa-ttls).
WEP shared index
Select the WEP key to use for Shared-WEP.
Encryption length
Select the encryption length to use for Shared-WEP.
Key 1, Key 2, Key 3, Key 4
Specify the keys to use for Shared-WEP. Each key must be either a string of 5 to
13 characters with no spaces, or a hexadecimal value of 10 or 26 hex digits,
starting with “0x”. All four keys must match for any received data.
Setting
Description
Setting
Description
Authentication mode
Open
: No authentication is performed.
Shared Wep
: A legacy mode only applicable to using shared WEP encryption.
EAP-RADIUS
: Authentication is performed as an IEEE 802.1X Authenticator,
using a centralized RADIUS Server as a backend authentication server. This
mode may or may not require encryption settings. Note that the Pairwise-TKIP
encryption mode is not an option with this authentication mode.
