MST Impact NS5001, User Manual

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Recommended Settings Description Field
clients sharing this access point (e.g.
Profinet/Minegem), but it will prevent
Minephones from making Push–To–Talk calls to
other Minephones currently on the same access
point..
1 Mbit/s - Only raise this if there
are issues with multicast traffic
throughput.
The rate at which to transmit multicast traffic out
over the wireless link in Mbits/s (turbo rate). Higher
data rates will increase transmission speed but
decrease the range at which the transmissions can be
received. Multicast Tx
Rate
Default
300s
. Lower times may
improve roaming performance, but
will generate more network traffic.
The number of seconds before a wireless device (e.g.
a MinePhone or Data Logger) will time out from the
Access Point. Station Idle
Timeout
Enter a network name that relates
closely to its function. For
example, "MST-VOICE". The SSID of the wireless network that is used by
client devices. Wireless
Network
Name
WPA-Personal is recommended.
Selecting the wireless security
Four security modes exist: Security Mode
• None : No wireless authentication is required and
traffic is not encrypted.
mode will display configuration
options.
• WEP : is the original wireless encryption standard.
This is rarely used.
• WPA Personal : provides a higher level of
security and does not use a centralised
authentication server.
• WPA Enterprise : as per WPA Personal but a
RADIUS authentication server is used.
Note:
After a unit is reset to factory defaults, it will have a single wireless network on channel 6
with the name "AP------" (the last six digits of the unit's MAC address), WPA2-AES security enabled
and the password "minesite".
Configuring WPA Settings
WPA provides a higher level of security. WPA-Personal and WPA-Enterprise are variants of Wi-Fi
Protected Access (WPA). WPA-Enterprise requires an external RADIUS server.
To configure WPA settings:
1. Select the
WPA mode
from the drop-down box.
2.
Select the
Cipher Type
from the drop-down box. By default it is set at
AES
.
3. Enter Group Key Update Interval in the supplied field. By default it is 3600 seconds. This is the
amount of time before the group key (used for broadcast and multicast data encryption) is changed.
4. Enter the Pre-Shared Key in the supplied field (applicable to WPA Personal security mode). The key
must be at least 8 alphanumeric characters in length.
5. Click Save Settings .
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Configuration Using the Web Interface