Configuration
QB.11-R Installation and Management
Security Parameters
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Security Parameters
MAC Authentication (BSU Only)
Because the QuickBridge.11 is a point-to-point system, MAC Authentication is not meaningful for QuickBridge.11 units.
Configuring these parameters is not necessary.
Encryption
NOTE:
Be sure to set the encryption parameters and change the default passwords.
You can protect the wireless data link by using encryption. In addition to Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) and Wired
Equivalent Privacy (WEP), the unit supports Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) 128-bit encryption. To provide even
stronger encryption, the AES CCM Protocol is also supported.
Encryption keys can be 5 (64-bit), 13 (WEP 128-bit), or 16 (AES 128-bit) characters in length. Both ends of the wireless
data link must use the same parameter values.
Click
Configure
>
Security
>
Encryption
to set encryption keys for the data transmitted and received by the unit. Note
that all devices in one network must use the same encryption parameters to communicate to each other.
NOTE:
The default QuickBridge.11 encryption key is printed on a label on the SU, If you should re-configure your
QuickBridge.11 units to both work as SUs in a point-to-multipoint network and later want to re-establish your
QuickBridge.11 link, when you reconfigure the BSU, you must also reconfigure the encryption keys to be the
same for both the SU and BSU as the encryption key printed on the label.
