User's Guide

AirTight Management Console Configuration
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Limit number of associations
This field specifies the maximum number of clients that can associate
with the AP. You can select the check box and then specify the
number of clients.
Security Mode
This specifies the security mode applied to the virtual AP.
The possible values are Open, WEP, WPA, WPA2, WPA and WPA2
mixed mode.
Fields related to security mode WEP
Authentication Type
Select
Open if the type of authentication is open. In case of open
authentication, the key is used for encryption only.
Select
Shared if the authentication type is shared key. In case of
shared key authentication, the same key is used for both encryption
and authent
ication.
WEP Type
Select WEP40 if 40-bit WEP security is used.
Select WEP104 if 104-bit WEP security is used.
Key Type
Select
ASCII option if you are comfortable with ASCII format and
want to enter WEP key in that format. The Sensor/AP combo
converts it to hexadecimal internally.
Select
HEX option if you are comfortable with hexadecimal format
and want to enter WEP key in that format.
Key
WEP key is a sequence of hexadecimal digits.
If WEP Type is WEP40, enter the key as a 5 character ASCII key or a
10 digit hexadecimal key, depending on the Key Type selected by
you.
If WEP Type is WEP104, enter the key as a 13 character ASCII key
or
a 26 digit hexadecimal key, depending on the Key Type selected
by you.
Show Key
Select this check box to see the actual key on the screen. If this
check box is cleared, the key is masked.
Fields related to security mode WPA/WPA2/WPA and WPA2 Mixed Mode
PSK
Select the
PSK option if you want to use a personal shared key. The
Pass phrase
field is enabled when this option is selected.
Pass Phrase
Specify the shared key of length 8-63 ASCII characters for PSK
authentication
Show Key
Select this check box
to see the actual pass phrase on the screen. If
this check box is cleared, the key is masked.
802.1x
Select 802.1x option if you want to use a RADIUS server for
authentication. The fields on the
Authentication and Accounting
tabs are enabled on selecting this check boxYou can enable dynamic
VLANs after selecting this check box.