User Manual

Professional Access Point
Administrator Guide
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Isolation as extra precautions as mentioned below.
None
None means that any data transferred to and from the Professional Access Point is not encrypted.
There are no further options for this mode.Running without security can be useful during initial network
configuration or for problem solving, but it is not recommended for regular use on the Internal network
because it is not secure.
Guest Network
None is the only mode in which you can run the Guest network, which is by definition an easily accessible,
Field Description
Broadcast SSID Select the Broadcast SSID setting by clicking Allow or Prohibit.
By default, the access point broadcasts the Service Set Identifier (SSID) in its
beacon frames.
You can prohibit this broadcast to discourage stations from automatically dis-
covering your access point. When the access point’s broadcast SSID is sup-
pressed, the network name will not be displayed in the List of Available Networks
on a client device. Instead, the client must have the exact network name con-
figured in the supplicant before the client will be able to connect.
Station Isolation Select Off to disable station isolation or On to enable it.
• When station isolation is Off, wireless clients can communicate with one
another normally by sending traffic through the access point.
• When station isolation is On, the access point blocks communication
between wireless clients. The access point allows data traffic between its
wireless clients and wired devices on the network, but not among wireless
clients. The traffic blocking extends to wireless clients connected to the
network via WDS links; these clients cannot communicate with each other
when station isolation is on. See “Wireless Distribution System” on page 143
for more information about WDS.
Security Mode Select the Security Mode. Select one of the following:
• None
• Static WEP
• IEEE 802.1x
• WPA/WPA2 Personal (PSK)
• WPA/WPA2 Enterprise (RADIUS)
For a Guest network, only the None setting can be used. (For more information,
see “Guest Login” on page 111.)
Security modes other than None apply only to configuration of the Internal net-
work.