ZyXEL Communications G-570U, User Manual

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ZyXEL G-570U User’s Guide
Chapter 6 Wireless Screens 83
6.14.5 Wireless Security: 802.1x
The IEEE 802.1x standard outlines enhanced security methods for both the authentication of
wireless stations and encryption key management.
Note: Once you enable user authentication, you need to specify an external RADIUS
server on the device for authentication.
Figure 51 Wireless Security: 802.1x
Global-Key
Update
This is how often the AP sends a new group key out to all clients. The re-keying
process is the WPA equivalent of automatically changing the WEP key for an AP
and all stations in a WLAN on a periodic basis.
Specify an interval either in seconds or thousands of packets that the device
sends.
Apply Click Apply to save your changes back to the device.
Reset Click Reset to begin configuring this screen afresh.
Table 20 Wireless Security: WPA(2) (continued)
LABEL DESCRIPTION