Wireless Configuration and Security
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ProSAFE Dual Band Wireless-N Access Point with RFID Support, WNDAP380R
4.
Specify the settings of the Profile Definition section of the Edit Security Profile screen as
explained in the following table:
Setting
Description
Profile Name
Enter a unique name of the wireless security profile that makes it easy to
recognize the profile. The default names are NETGEAR, NETGEAR-1,
NETGEAR-2, and so on, through NETGEAR-7. You can enter a value of up to
32 alphanumeric characters.
Wireless Network Name
(SSID)
The wireless network name (SSID) for the wireless security profile. The default
names depend on the selected radio band:
•
802.11b/bg/ng
. The default names are NETGEAR_11ng,
NETGEAR_11ng-1, NETGEAR_11ng-2, and so on, through
NETGEAR_11ng-7 for the eighth profile.
•
802.11a/na
. The default names are NETGEAR_11na, NETGEAR_11na-1,
NETGEAR_11na-2, and so on, through NETGEAR_11na-7 for the eighth
profile.
Broadcast Wireless
Network Name (SSID)
Select the
Yes
radio button to enable the wireless access point to broadcast its
SSID, allowing wireless clients that have a null (blank) SSID to adopt the
wireless access point’s SSID. Yes is the default setting. To prevent the SSID
from being broadcast, select the
No
radio button.
5.
Specify the settings of the Authentication Settings section of the Edit Security Profile screen
as explained in the following table.
Setting
Description
Network Authentication
and Data Encryption
Note:
The data
encryption fields that
display onscreen
depend on your
selection from the
Network Authentication
drop-down menu.
Open System
This is the default setting. Use an open system without any
encryption or with WEP encryption.
See
Configure an Open System with WEP or Shared Key
with WEP
on page
51.
Shared Key
Use WEP encryption and enter at least one shared key.
See
Configure an Open System with WEP or Shared Key
with WEP
on page
51.
Legacy 802.1X
Configure the RADIUS server settings. Encryption is not
supported.
See
Configure Legacy 802.1X
on page
52.
WPA with Radius
Configure the RADIUS server settings and select TKIP or
TKIP + AES encryption.
See
Configure WPA with RADIUS, WPA2 with RADIUS,
and WPA & WPA2 with RADIUS
on page
53.
WPA2 with Radius Configure the RADIUS server settings and select AES or
TKIP + AES encryption.
See
Configure WPA with RADIUS, WPA2 with RADIUS,
and WPA & WPA2 with RADIUS
on page
53.
Note:
Select this setting only if all clients support WPA2.