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NOTE:
Radio
Band
settings are cov-
ered in detail in Section
3.3.2.2).
The default
Unicast Maximum Rate
for a new STA interface is
54
Mbps
, which specifies the highest setting possible in either
frequency band.
You can configure
Unicast Rate Mode
and
Unicast Maximum
Rate
only in Advanced View.
3.3.5.8
Station Multicast Rate
The bit rate at which a wireless interface sends multicast
frames is negotiated per connection.
Multicast Rate
sets a floor
for multicast transmissions by specifying the lowest bit rate at
which the
STA Interface
will send multicast frames.
A
STA Interface
on a radio configured by default to use the 2.4
GHz 802.11g band has a default
Multicast Rate
of
1 Mbps
, which
is appropriate for an interface using the 2.4 GHz frequency
band. Fortress recommends leaving a
STA Interface
in the
802.11g band at the default
Multicast Rate
of
1
.
A
STA Interface
on a radio fixed on, or configured by default to
use, the 5 GHz 802.11a band has a default
Multicast Rate
of
6 Mbps
, which is appropriate for an interface using the 5 GHz
frequency band. Fortress recommends leaving a
STA Interface
in the 802.11a band at the default
Multicast Rate
of
6
.
You can configure
Multicast Rate
only in Advanced View.
3.3.5.9
Station Fortress Security Status
Fortress Security
is displayed view-only for the
STA Interface
.
Fortress’s MSP (Mobile Security Protocol) cannot be applied to
the
STA Interface
, so the field will always display
Clear
.
3.3.5.10
Station Wi-Fi Security Settings
Your selection in the
Wi-Fi Security
field of the
Add Station Mode
frame determines the additional fields you must configure for
that setting.
Wi-Fi Security: None
By default, no Wi-Fi security is applied to traffic on a
STA
Interface
.
Traffic on a STA Interface with a Wi-Fi Security setting
of None is unsecured.
WPA, WPA2 and WPA2-Mixed Security
NOTE:
Enterprise
WPA and WPA2
modes require an 802.1X
authentication service to
be available, as part of
the Bridge configuration
(Section 4.3.2.7) or exter-
nally (Section 4.3.1).
WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access) and WPA2 are the
enterprise
modes of WPA (as distinguished from the
pre-shared key
modes described below). You can specify that
WPA
or
WPA2
be
used exclusively by the
STA Interface
, or you can configure it to
be able to use either by selecting
WPA2-Mixed
.
WPA and WPA2 use EAP-TLS (Extensible Authentication
Protocol-Transport Layer Security) to authenticate network
connections via X.509 digital certificates. In order for a Bridge
in station mode to successfully negotiate a WPA/WPA2 client
connection, you must have specified a locally stored key pair
and certificate to use to authenticate the Bridge as an EAP-TLS
