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The Cisco Wireless Security Suite interoperates with a range of client devices. It supports all 802.1X authentication
types, including EAP Cisco Wireless (LEAP), Extensible Authentication Protocol-Transport Layer Security (EAP-TLS)
and types that operate over EAP-TLS, such as Protected Extensible Authentication Protocol (PEAP), EAP-Tunneled
TLS (EAP-TTLS) and EAP-Subscriber Identity Module (EAP-SIM). A wide selection of Remote Access Dial-In User
Service (RADIUS) servers, such as the Cisco Secure Access Control Server (ACS), can be used for enterprise-class
centralized user management that includes:
• Strong, mutual authentication to ensure that only legitimate clients associate with legitimate and authorized
network RADIUS servers
• Dynamic per-user, per-session encryption keys that automatically change on a configurable basis to protect the
privacy of transmitted data
• Stronger WEP keys provided by pre-standard Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP) enhancements such as
message integrity check (MIC), per-packet keys via initialization vector hashing and broadcast key rotation
• RADIUS accounting records for all authentication attempts.
Integrated Management for Configuration, Monitoring, and Troubleshooting
The Cisco Aironet Series offers simplified installation and configuration, for rapid, anytime, anywhere installation,
configuration, and management (see Figure 7). The series supports Web-based management and Simple Network
Management Protocol (SNMP) features to aid monitoring, troubleshooting, software download, and event logging.
The frequency agility option of the Cisco Aironet Series takes the guesswork out of channel configuration. In this
mode, the AP automatically scans the area and selects the least-congested channel. The installer does not need to be
aware of the settings of other Cisco APs in the coverage area. For enterprise management, the Cisco Aironet Series
provides support for Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP) to enable auto discovery of Cisco Aironet APs and bridges using
Cisco enterprise management applications such as CiscoWorks2000. Additionally, Cisco Aironet APs support
standard SNMP Management Information Base (MIB) II, Cisco Aironet Series private MIB, and 802.11b MIB.
Cisco Aironet Series APs can also be managed via the console or the Telnet interface.
