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NOA-3570 User’s Guide
76 Chapter 5 Wireless LAN
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Table 18 Wireless LAN: 802.1x/WPA for 802.1x Protocol NOA-3570
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Wireless Port
Control
To control wireless stations access to the wired network, select a control method
from the drop-down list box. Choose from No Authentication Required ,
Authentication Required and No Access Allowed .
No Authentication Required allows all wireless stations access to the wired
network without entering usernames and passwords. This is the default setting.
Authentication Required means that all wireless stations have to enter
usernames and passwords before access to the wired network is allowed.
No Access Allowed blocks all wireless stations access to the wired network.
The following fields are only available when you select Authentication Required .
ReAuthentication
Timer (In
Seconds)
Specify how often wireless stations have to reenter usernames and passwords in
order to stay connected. This field is activated only when you select
Authentication Required in the Wireless Port Control field.
Enter a time interval between 10 and 9999 seconds. The default time interval is
1800 seconds (30 minutes).
Note: If wireless station authentication is done using a RADIUS
server, the reauthentication timer on the RADIUS server has
priority.
Idle Timeout
(In Seconds)
The NOA-3570 automatically disconnects a wireless station from the wired network
after a period of inactivity. The wireless station needs to enter the username and
password again before access to the wired network is allowed.
This field is activated only when you select
Authentication Required in the
Wireless Port Control field. The default time interval is 3600 seconds (or 1 hour).
Key Management
Protocol
Choose 802.1x from the drop-down list.
Dynamic WEP
Key Exchange
This field is activated only when you select Authentication Required in the
Wireless Port Control field.
Select Disable to allow wireless stations to communicate with the access points
without using dynamic WEP key exchange.
Select
64-bit WEP or 128-bit WEP to enable data encryption.
This field is not available when you set Key Management Protocol to WPA or
WPA-PSK .
Authentication
Databases
The authentication database contains wireless station login information.
Internal RADIUS
Server
Select this radio button to use the NOA-3570’s Internal RADIUS Server .
Select the MD5 radio button to use this EAP authentication type to authenticate
other APs or wireless clients in other wireless networks.
Select the
PEAP radio button to use this EAP authentication type to authenticate
other APs or wireless clients in other wireless networks. Use the drop-down list box
to select Disable , 64-bit WEP or 128-bit WEP for Dynamic WEP Exchange.
Note: MD5 cannot be used with Dynamic WEP Key Exchange.
External RADIUS
Server
Select the radio button to use an external radius server to authenticate the NOA-
3570’s wireless clients.
Configure the server(s) details in the following fields.