User guide

Configuring WLAN Services
Enterasys Wireless Standalone 802.11n AP User Guide 4-31
ToconfiguretheGeneralpropertiesofaWLANservice:
1. (Optional)ChangetheServiceName.
2. (Optional)ChangetheSSIDorleavethedefault.
3. Selectatleastoneradiotoenablethisserviceon.
4. SelecttheDefaultPolicy.
5. (Optional)ConfiguretheAdvancedSettingsfortheWLANservice:
a. SelectSuppressSSID.
b. SelectEnable11hSupport.TheApplyPowerReductionto11nClientscheckboxdisplays.
c. SelectApplyPowerReductionto11nClients.
d. SelectProcessClientIERequests.
6. ClickSavetosaveyourchanges.
Configuring WLAN Service Security
TheWLANServiceSecuritytaballowsyoutochoosefromfiveprivacymodes:
•None
• StaticWiredEquivalentPrivacy(WEP)–KeysforaselectedWLANservice,sothatit
matchestheWEPmechanismusedontherestofthenetwork.ForeachWLANservice,only
oneWEPkeycanbespecified.Itistreatedasthefirstkey inaclient’slistofWEP
keys.
WEPprovidesabasiclevelofsecurity,preventingunauthorizedaccesstothenetworkand
encryptingdatatransmittedbetweenwirelessclientsandtheaccesspoint.WEPusesstatic
sharedkeys(fixed‐lengthhexadecimaloralphanumericstrings)thatmustbeknowntoclients
thatwanttousethenetwork.Youmustmanuallydistribute
toallclientsthatwanttousethe
network.
• DynamicWEP–DynamicWEPprovidesthesamesecurityasStaticWEP.Thedifferenceis
thatthedynamicWEPmechanismchangesthekeyforeachuserandeachsession.
• Wi‐FiProtectedAccess(WPA)Pre‐Sharedkey(PSK)–PrivacyinPSKmode,usinga
Pre‐SharedKey(PSK),orsharedsecretforauthenti cation.WPA‐PSKisasecuritysolutionthat
addsauthenticationtoenhancedWEPencryptionandkeymanagement.WPA‐PSKmode
doesnotrequireanauthenti cationserver.Itissuitableforhomeorsmalloffice.
Process Client IE Requests Select to enable/deselect to disable the AP to accept IE requests
sent by clients via Probe Request frames and responds by
including the requested IE’s in the corresponding Probe Response
frames. By default this option is disabled. It is recommended to
enable this option.
Function Buttons
Save Click to save your changes.
Delete Click to delete the WLAN service.
Undo Click to display the most recently saved values for the settings on
this screen.
Factory Defaults Click to display the factory defaults on this screen.The factory
defaults are not applied until you click Save.
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