Setting up the Access Point
Most access points and clients have the ability to hold up to 4 WEP keys
simultaneously. You need to specify one of the 4 keys as the default Key for data
encryption. To set up the Access Point, you will need to set one of the following
parameters:
o
64-bit WEP key (secret key) with 5 characters.
o
64-bit WEP key (secret key) with 10 hexadecimal digits.
o
128-bit WEP key (secret key) with 13 characters.
o
128-bit WEP key (secret key) with 26 hexadecimal digits.
IEEE 802.1x Introduction
The IEEE 802.1x port-based authentication is designed to prevent unauthorized
devices (clients) from gaining access to the network. As LANs extend to hotels,
airports and corporate lobbies, insecure environments could be created. The 802.1x
port-based network access control makes use of the physical access characteristics
of
IEEE 802 LAN infrastructures
, such as the 802.3 Ethernet, 802.11 Wireless LAN
and ADSL LRE (Long Reach Ethernet), in order to provide a means of authenticating
and authorizing devices attached to a LAN port that has point-to-point connection
