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Introduction Web management interface
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Web management interface
You can configure and manage the gateway through your Web browser. A Java-based
discovery utility assists in connecting to the gateway configuration user interface during
initial setup.
Secure network authentication
The gateway provides a variety of options for authentication. It can act as either a supplicant
to another authenticator, or it can act as an authenticator for 802.11 clients.
When acting as a supplicant, the gateway requests authorization from an authenticator to be
on the network. Acting as an authenticator, the gateway processes requests for network
authentication from clients, and allows or disallows the client access to the network as a
result. Authentication is achieved using either the IEEE 802.1X standard or the IEEE 802.11i
standard, depending on the configuration.
Network encryption
The gateway can also provide encryption for 802.11 wireless links. To support legacy
equipment, Shared Key WEP is supported, though not recommended. Other encryption
support includes Pairwise Key WEP, Robust Secure Network (RSN) TKIP, Robust Secure
Network (RSN) AES, Wireless Public Access (WPA) TKIP, and Wireless Public Access
(WPA) AES. These options are described in more detail in
802.11 Encryption on page 56.
Network address translation (NAT)
NAT is an Internet standard that enables the network inside the gateway to use one set of IP
addresses for inside traffic and a single second address for outside traffic, resulting in two
main benefits: