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Configure connection with WPA-PSK

Configure connection with WPA-PSK

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Select an Access Point with WPA-PSK authentication mode.

Summary of Contents for 3-D Reach Utility

Page 1: ...Netopia 3 D Reach Utility April 2007 Netopia 3 D Reach Wireless Adapters User Guide ...

Page 2: ...trademarks belonging to Netopia Inc registered U S Patent and Trademark Office Broadband Without Boundaries and 3 D Reach are trademarks belonging to Netopia Inc All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners All rights reserved Netopia Inc Part Number 6161210 00 01 ...

Page 3: ... 3D REACH Utility 4 Site Survey 6 ADD EDIT Profile 8 Encryption Setting WEP TKIP AES 10 802 1x Setting 12 CA Server 14 Profile 15 Link Status 17 Advanced 19 Country Channel List 21 About 25 Example Adding a profile in the site survey page 26 Example Adding a profile in the Profile page 31 Configure connection with WEP ON 39 Configure connection with WPA PSK 43 Configure connection with WPA by 802 ...

Page 4: ...Table of Contents 2 ...

Page 5: ...s XP 1 Insert the CD The Setup utility will run automatically and load the driver for the Netopia 3D Reach Wireless PC Card When the installation is complete a new Wireless communication icon will appear in your system tray in the Windows toolbar 2 Click the Wireless icon to start the Windows Zero Configuration Utility Refer to Microsoft for documentation on the utility Macintosh Mac OS X 10 2 and...

Page 6: ... most commonly used fields such as SSID signal percentage current channel encryption status authentication mode and network type The green handshake icon indicates the connected BSS or IBSS network as shown in figure 2 1 Figure 2 1 First page shown when starting the Netopia 3D REACH Utility While the Netopia 3D REACH Utility is running there is also a small Netopia 3D REACH Util ity icon appearing...

Page 7: ...D REACH Utility terminated If WZC is running before the Netopia 3D REACH Utility is started it will be re enabled after the Netopia 3D REACH Utility exited Figure 2 2 Netopia 3D REACH Utility icon In addition the small icon will change color to reflect the current wireless network connec tion status The status is indicated as follows Indicates Connected and Signal Strength is Excellent Good Indica...

Page 8: ...rithm and Network Type as shown in Figure 3 1 Figure 3 1 Detail information of site survey page Definition of each field 1 SSID Name of BSS or IBSS network 2 BSSID MAC address of Access Point or randomly generated from IBSS 3 Signal Received signal strength of specified network 4 Channel Channel in use 5 Encryption Encryption algorithm used within the BSS or IBSS Valid value includes WEP TKIP AES ...

Page 9: ...tion other than Open the Netopia 3D REACH Utility will display the security page and let you input the appropriate information to make the connection Refer to section 4 on how to fill in the security information This icon indicates the connection is successful Indicates the connection status the connected network s SSID will show up here The numbers of SSID found in your surrounding wireless netwo...

Page 10: ...ame or use the pull down menu to select from the available Access Points Power Save Mode You can choose CAM Constantly Awake Mode or Power Saving Mode Network Type There are two types infrastructure and 802 11 ad hoc mode Under ad hoc mode you can also choose the preamble type The available preamble type includes short and long Also the channel field will be available for setup in ad hoc mode ...

Page 11: ...ust the Fragment threshold number by sliding the bar or key directly to a value The default value is 2346 Channel Only available for setting under ad hoc mode You can choose the channel fre quency for your ad hoc network 2 Authentication and Security settings are shown in figure 3 3 Detailed operations are explained in section 4 Figure 3 3 Profile Authentication and Security ...

Page 12: ...D REACH Utility Open Shared WPA PSK and WPA system Encryption Type For Open and Shared authentication mode the selections of encryp tion type are None and WEP For WPA and WPA PSK authentication mode the encryption types that are supported are TKIP and AES WPA Preshared Key This is the shared key between the Access Point and the STA For WPA PSK authentication mode this field must be filled in with ...

Page 13: ...l formats to enter the keys 1 Hexadecimal 40bits 10 Hex characters 2 Hexadecimal 128bits 32Hex characters 3 ASCII 40bits 5 ASCII characters 4 ASCII 128bits 13 ASCII characters See the examples in Configure connection with WEP ON on page 39 Configure con nection with WPA PSK on page 43 and Configure connection with WPA by 802 1x set ting on page 47 ...

Page 14: ... authenticate wireless LAN clients using only server side certificates thus simplify ing the implementation and administration of a secure wireless LAN 2 TLS Smart Card Transport Layer Security Provides for certificate based and mutual authentication of the client and the network It relies on client side and server side cer tificates to perform authentication and can be used to dynamically generat...

Page 15: ...ons using dynamically gener ated WEP keys and supports mutual authentication 5 MD5 Challenge Message Digest Challenge Challenge is an EAP authentication type that provides base level EAP support It provides for only one way authentication there is no mutual authentication of wireless client and the network Identity and Password Identity and password for the server Use Client Certificate Client Cer...

Page 16: ...ver to clients Most EAPs require a certificate issued by a root authority or a trusted commercial Certificate Authority Shown as the figure below Certificate issuer Choose the server that issues certificates Allow intermediate certificates Must be in the server certificate chain between the server certificate and the server specified in the Certificate issuer field Server name Enter an authenticat...

Page 17: ... at your preference Figure 5 1 shows the Profile page setting Figure 5 1 Profile page Definition of each field 1 Profile Name of profile default preset to PROF indicates 1 2 3 etc 2 SSID Access Point s or Ad hoc s name 3 Channel Channel in use 4 Authentication Authentication mode 5 Encryption Security algorithm in use 6 Network Type Network s type including Infrastructure and Ad Hoc ...

Page 18: ... status Indicates connection is successful on current activated profile Indicates connection failed on current activated profile Add a new profile Delete an existing profile Edit a Profile Activate selected profile ...

Page 19: ...nformation Status Current connection status If there is no connection it will show Disconnected Otherwise the connected SSID and BSSID will be shown here Extra Info Display link status and current channel in use Link Speed Display current transmit rate and receive rate Throughput Displays throughput Tx transmits and Rx receives in units of Kbits sec ...

Page 20: ...18 Signal Strength Reception signal strength you can choose to display as a percentage or dBm format Displays wireless card s TCP IP and physical address information ...

Page 21: ...11b only and 802 11 B G mix modes are supported Ad hoc wireless mode Select Ad hoc wireless mode 802 11b only 802 11 B G mixed and 802 11 G only modes are supported B G Protection ERP protection mode of 802 11G definition You can choose from Auto On or Off 1 Auto STA will dynamically change as Access Point announcement 2 On Always send frames with protection ...

Page 22: ...ng selected rate Default is auto Tx Burst Netopia 3D REACH Utility s proprietary frame burst mode Fast Roaming at fast to roaming setup by transmit power Turn radio ON OFF for FAA requirement Radio On Indicate to turn on radio Radio Off Indicate to turn off radio Apply the above changes ...

Page 23: ...H13 3 SPAIN CH10 CH11 4 FRANCE CH10 CH13 5 MKK CH14 CH14 6 MKKI TELEC CH1 CH14 7 ISRAEL CH3 CH9 Country Name Classification Range Argentina 0 CH1 11 Australia 2 CH1 13 Austria 2 CH1 13 Bahrain 2 CH1 13 Belarus 2 CH1 13 Belgium 2 CH1 13 Bolivia 2 CH1 13 Brazil 0 CH1 11 Bulgaria 2 CH1 13 Canada 0 CH1 11 Chile 2 CH1 13 China 2 CH1 13 Colombia 0 CH1 11 Costa Rica 2 CH1 13 ...

Page 24: ...ny 2 CH1 13 Greece 2 CH1 13 Hong Kong 2 CH1 13 Hungary 2 CH1 13 Iceland 2 CH1 13 India 2 CH1 13 Indonesia 2 CH1 13 Ireland 2 CH1 13 Israel 7 CH3 9 Italy 2 CH1 13 Japan 6 CH1 14 Japan2 5 CH14 14 Japan3 2 CH1 13 Jordan 4 CH10 13 Kuwait 2 CH1 13 Latvia 2 CH1 13 Lebanon 2 CH1 13 Latvia 2 CH1 13 Lebanon 2 CH1 13 Liechtenstein 2 CH1 13 Lithuania 2 CH1 13 Country Name Classification Range ...

Page 25: ... CH1 13 Peru 2 CH1 13 Philippines 2 CH1 13 Poland 2 CH1 13 Portugal 2 CH1 13 Puerto Rico 2 CH1 13 Romania 2 CH1 13 Russia 2 CH1 13 Saudi Arabia 2 CH1 13 Singapore 2 CH1 13 Slovakia 2 CH1 13 Slovenia 2 CH1 13 South Africa 2 CH1 13 South Korea 2 CH1 13 Spain 3 CH10 11 Sweden 2 CH1 13 Switzerland 2 CH1 13 Taiwan 0 CH1 11 Thailand 2 CH1 13 Turkey 2 CH1 13 United Arab Emirates 2 CH1 13 Country Name Cla...

Page 26: ...24 United Kingdom 2 CH1 13 United States of America 0 CH1 11 Uruguay 2 CH1 13 Venezuela 2 CH1 13 Yugoslavia 0 CH1 11 Country Name Classification Range ...

Page 27: ...ut The About page displays the wireless card and driver version information as shown in fig ure 9 1 Figure 9 1 About Page It displays the Configuration Utility Version Driver Version and EEPROM Version informa tion ...

Page 28: ...26 Example Adding a profile in the site survey page 1 Select the desired network from the site survey list ...

Page 29: ...27 Example Adding a profile in the site survey page 2 Click the Add to Profile button ...

Page 30: ...28 3 The Add Profile window appears ...

Page 31: ...29 Example Adding a profile in the site survey page 4 Change the Profile Name to your preference optional 5 Click the OK button without changing any other values ...

Page 32: ...he section Configure connection with WEP ON on page 39 the section Configure connection with WPA PSK on page 43 or the section Configure connection with WPA by 802 1x setting on page 47 to set the authentication and secu rity page ...

Page 33: ...31 Example Adding a profile in the Profile page Example Adding a profile in the Profile page 1 Click the Add button in the Profile page ...

Page 34: ...32 2 The Add Profile page appears ...

Page 35: ...33 Example Adding a profile in the Profile page 3 Change the Profile Name to your preference optional ...

Page 36: ...34 4 From the SSID pull down menu select your desired Access Point The Access Point list is generated from the results of the site survey ...

Page 37: ...35 Example Adding a profile in the Profile page 5 Set the desired Power Saving Mode optional 6 Click the Authentication and Security tab ...

Page 38: ...36 The Authentication and Security page appears 7 Click the OK button ...

Page 39: ...37 Example Adding a profile in the Profile page The created profile appears in the Profile List 8 Click the Connect button to activate the profile setting ...

Page 40: ...he section Configure connection with WEP ON on page 39 the section Configure connection with WPA PSK on page 43 or the section Configure connection with WPA by 802 1x setting on page 47 to set the authentication and secu rity page ...

Page 41: ...39 Configure connection with WEP ON Configure connection with WEP ON 1 Select an Access Point with WEP encryption ...

Page 42: ...40 2 Click the Connect button or double click on the intended network ...

Page 43: ...41 Configure connection with WEP ON 3 The Authentication and Security page appears 4 Enter the proper key setting that matches your Access Point s ...

Page 44: ...42 5 Click the OK button An established connection will look like the figure below ...

Page 45: ...43 Configure connection with WPA PSK Configure connection with WPA PSK 1 Select an Access Point with WPA PSK authentication mode ...

Page 46: ...44 2 Click the Connect button or double click the intended network ...

Page 47: ...45 Configure connection with WPA PSK The Authentication and Security page appears 3 The Authentication Type is WPA PSK ...

Page 48: ...ect encryption TKIP or AES Enter the WPA Preshared Key 4 Click the OK button Warning If the WPA Preshared Key is entered incorrectly the Access Point will be shown as connected but you won t be able to exchange any data ...

Page 49: ...47 Configure connection with WPA by 802 1x setting Configure connection with WPA by 802 1x setting 1 Select an Access Point with WPA authentication mode ...

Page 50: ...48 2 Click the Connect button or double click the desired network ...

Page 51: ...49 Configure connection with WPA by 802 1x setting 3 The Authentication and Security page appears 4 Click the 802 1x Setting button ...

Page 52: ...Type and setting method PEAP 1 Authentication Type choose PEAP enter your identity example Netopia in the Iden tity field Tunneled Authentication Protocol choose EAP MSCHAP v2 tunnel Identity is Netopia and tunnel Password is test The setting is an example ...

Page 53: ...y 802 1x setting 2 Click the OK button The result will look like the figure below TLS Smart Card 1 Authentication Type choose TLS Smart Card TLS only needs an Identity that is Netopia for server authentication The setting is an example ...

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Page 55: ...53 Configure connection with WPA by 802 1x setting 2 TLS must use a client certificate Click the More button to choose a certificate ...

Page 56: ...54 3 The Certificate Selection page appears Choose a certificate for server authentica tion 4 To display certificate information in use see the client Certification page ...

Page 57: ...55 Configure connection with WPA by 802 1x setting 5 Click the OK button The result will look like the figure below ...

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Page 59: ...WPA by 802 1x setting TTLS 1 Authentication Type choose TTLS Identity is Netopia For Tunnel Authentication Pro tocol choose CHAP tunnel Identity is Netopia and tunnel Password is test The setting is an example 2 Click the OK button ...

Page 60: ...58 The result will look like the figure below ...

Page 61: ...igure connection with WPA by 802 1x setting MD5 1 Authentication Type choose MD5 MD5 only needs identity and password Netopia and test for server authentication The setting is an example 2 Click the OK button ...

Page 62: ...60 The result will look like the figure below ...

Page 63: ...wledgements This product includes software developed by MDC and its licensors This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project for use in the OpenSSL Toolkit http www openssl org This product includes cryptographic software written by Eric Young eay cryptsoft com This product includes software written by Tim Hudson tjh crypt soft com Netopia Part Number 6161210 00 01 ...

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