AWK-5232
Web Console Configuration
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WPA Type
Setting
Description
Factory Default
Personal
Provides Pre-Shared Key-enabled WPA and WPA2
Personal
Enterprise
Provides enterprise-level security for WPA and WPA2
Encryption method
Setting
Description
Factory Default
TKIP
Temporal Key Integrity Protocol is enabled
Note: This option is not supported under 802.11n.
TKIP
AES
Advance Encryption System is enabled
Mixed
Provides TKIP broadcast key and TKIP+AES unicast key for
some legacy AP clients. This option is rarely used.
Note: This option is available in Redundant AP, AP, or Master
mode only, and cannot support AES-enabled clients.
Passphrase
Setting
Description
Factory Default
8 – 63 characters
Master key to generate keys for encryption and decryption
None
Key renewal
(for Redundant AP, AP, or Master mode only)
Setting
Description
Factory Default
60 – 86400 seconds
(1 minute to 1 year)
Specifies the time period of group key renewal
3600 (seconds)
NOTE
The value for key renewal instructs the wireless AP how often it should change the encryption keys. Usually
the security level will be higher if you set this value shorter so that the encryption keys are changed more often.
Default value is 3600 seconds (6 minutes). Longer time periods can be considered if traffic is not so busy.
WPA/WPA2-Enterprise (for Redundant AP, AP, or Master mode)
By selecting WPA type as Enterprise, you can use EAP (Extensible Authentication Protocol), a framework
authentication protocol used by 802.1X to provide network authentication. In these Enterprise-level security
modes, a back-end RADIUS (Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service) server is needed if IEEE 802.1X
functionality is enabled in WPA /WPA2. The IEEE 802.1X protocol also offers the possibility of carrying out an
efficient connection authentication in a large-scaled network. It is not necessary to exchange keys or pass
phrases.