Xblue Networks X-50, Quick Installation Manual

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Quick Installation Guide
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WAN – Wide Area Network – A WAN network devices to share and access files through a series of wires known
as a “Network”. A WAN is used with multiple locations, and has no physical boundaries. It is actually possible to
have a WAN that spans the globe.
Wireless Security –
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Open
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no encryption
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not recommended
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Shared – each device on the wireless network must use the same “Shared” authentication key. This should be
considered rudimentary security.
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802.1x
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is a Port based authentication which generally requires a client application, which authenticates to a
specified server (RADIUS) before being allowed to connect to the wireless access point.
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WEP – Wired Equivalent Privacy – One of the original wireless encryption protocols, which was thought to be
secure. Today, with a minor investment, it can be cracked pretty quickly. This should be considered basic
security.
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WPA – Wi ‐ Fi Protected Access – an “intermediate measure” security protocol created by the Wi ‐ Fi Alliance,
which is found to be more secure than WEP.
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TKIP
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Temporal Key Integrity Protocol
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Was added to WPA and is backwards compatible with older WEP
devices, but can be infiltrated with re ‐ injection and spoofing.
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PSK
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Pre ‐ Shared Key (RFC 4785)
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can be convenient when managing a closed network for easier
authentication.
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WPA2 – The second version of WPA, which is more secure, but does not always work with older wireless
installations.
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AES
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Advanced Encryption Standard
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Block Cipher encryption which was adopted by the US Government,
and now used worldwide for security.
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RADIUS – (RFC 2865) Remote Authentication Dial in User Service – is a client/server protocol using
centralized authentication, which requires a network server for all endpoints that connect to the network. This
is done in the application layer, using UDP packets.
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RADIUS Port – The “Well Known Ports” for sending UDP packets are 1812 and 1645 depending on the network
installation and the server.
Wi ‐ Fi Multimedia ‐ WMM is the standard which was created to define QOS with WiFi Networks and is used to
improve audio, video and Voice applications transmitted over WiFi.
WWW – World Wide Web –
The World Wide Web is the generic name for the Internet.
6891 ‐ 6900 Windows Live
Messenger ‐ File Transfer (Unofficial)