Extreme Networks Altitude 3500 Series, Product Reference Manual

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Altitude 3500 Series Access Point Product Reference Guide
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NOTE
The default values described are the recommended values. Do not change these values unless
consulted otherwise by an administrator.
9 Select the Advanced Settings tab as required to specify a MU quiet period, timeout interval, transmit
period, and retry period for MUs and the authentication server. The items within this tab are
identical regardless of whether Internal or External is selected from the
Radius Server drop-down
menu.
10 Click the Apply button to save any changes made within the 802.1x EAP Settings field (including all
5 selectable tabs) of the New Security Policy screen.
11 Click the Cancel button to undo any changes made within the 802.1x EAP Settings field and return to
the WLAN screen. This reverts all settings for the 802.1x EAP Settings field to the last saved
configuration.
Configuring WEP Encryption
Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) is a security protocol specified in the IEEE Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi)
standard. WEP is designed to provide a WLAN with a level of security and privacy comparable to that
of a wired LAN.
WEP may be all that a small-business user needs for the simple encryption of wireless data. However,
networks that require more security are at risk from a WEP flaw. The existing 802.11 standard alone
offers administrators no effective method to update keys.
Max. Retries (1-99)
retries Define the maximum number of MU retries to
reauthenticate after failing to complete the EAP process.
Failure to reauthenticate in the specified number of retries
results in a terminated connection. The default is 2 retries.
MU Quiet Period
(1-65535) secs Specify an idle time (in seconds) between MU
authentication attempts, as required by the authentication
server. The default is 10 seconds.
MU Timeout
(1-255) secs Define the time (in seconds) for the access point’s
retransmission of EAP-Request packets. The default is 10
seconds.
MU Tx Period
(1-65635) secs Specify the time period (in seconds) for the access point's
retransmission of the EAP Identity Request frame. The
default is 5 seconds.
MU Max Retries
(1-10) retries Specify the maximum number of times the access point
retransmits an EAP-Request frame to the client before it
times out the authentication session. The default is 2
retries.
Server Timeout
(1-255) secs Specify the time (in seconds) for the access point's
retransmission of EAP-Request packets to the server. The
default is 5 seconds. If this time is exceeded, the
authetnication session is terminated.
Server Max Retries
(1-255 retries) Specify the maximum number of times for the access point
to retransmit an EAP-Request frame to the server before it
times out the authentication session. The default is 2
retries.