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Silen t Mode Silen t Mode Acce ss Points or Wire le s s Rou te rs ha ve
be e n configure d to not broa dca st the SSID for the
wire le s s n e twork. This m a ke s it ne ce ssa ry to kn ow
th e SSID in orde r to configure the wire le ss profile to
conn e ct to th e a cce ss point or wire le ss router.
Single Sign
On
Single Sign On fe a ture set a llows th e 80 2 .1 x
cre de n tia ls to m a tch your Windows log on use r na m e
a nd pa ssword cre de n tia ls for wire le s s ne twork
conn e ctions.
SSID Se rvice Se t Ide ntifie r. A va lue tha t controls a cce ss to
a wire le s s ne twork. Th e SSID for your wire le s s
ne twork ca rd m ust m a tch th e SSID for a n y a cce ss
point tha t you wa nt to con n e ct with. If the va lue doe s
not m a tch, you a re not gra nte d a cce ss to th e
ne twork. You ca n ha ve u p to th re e S S IDs. Ea ch SSID
ca n be u p to 32 ch a ra cte rs lon g a n d is ca se -se n sitive .
TKIP Te m pora l Ke y Inte grity protocol im prove s da ta
e ncryption. Wi-Fi Prote cte d Acce ss utilize s its TKIP.
TKIP provide s im porta nt da ta e ncryption
e nha nce m e n ts including a re -ke ying m e thod. TKIP is
pa rt of the IEEE 80 2 .1 1i e n cryption s ta nda rd for
wire le s s LANs. TKIP is the ne xt ge n e ra tion of WEP, the
Wire d Equiva le ncy Protocol, wh ich is u s e d to se cu re
802 .11 wire le s s LANs . TKIP provide s pe r-pa cke t ke y
m ixing, a m e ssa ge integrity che ck a nd a re -ke yin g
m e ch a nism , thus fixing the fla ws of WEP.
TLS Tra nsport La ye r Se cu rity. A type of a uth e ntica tion
m e thod using the Exte nsible Au the ntica tion Protocol
(EAP) a nd a s e curity protocol ca lle d the Tra nsport
La ye r Se curity (TLS). EAP-TLS use s ce rtifica te s which
use pa ss words. EAP-TLS a u th e ntica tion supports
dyna m ic WEP ke y m a n a ge m e nt. Th e TLS protocol is
inte nde d to se cure a n d a uth e ntica te com m unica tions
a cross a public ne twork th rou gh da ta e n cryption . The
TLS Ha ndsha ke Protocol a llows the s e rve r a n d clie nt
to provide m utua l a uthe ntica tion a nd to n e gotia te a n
e ncryption a lgorithm a nd cryptogra phic ke ys be fore
da ta is tra n sm itte d.