User guide
Release9.5ReleaseNotes
Issue2,October2009 Page21
Figure 8: AP Pre-shared Key option on AP’s Configuration => Security tab
Here you can see the new option in the drop-down box and the two new configuration options.
When AP PreShared Key is selected, all five Authentication Server boxes will be grayed out.
Similarly, when Authentication Server is selected, then Authentication Key and Select Key options
all be grayed out. When Disabled is selected, all of the sub options will be grayed out.
When Select Key is set to Default Key, the Auth Key box will be grayed out and a default key
using the MAC address of the SM will be used for authentication. When Use Key Above is
selected, then the specified Authentication Key will be used. By default, this key is all 0xFF.
Again, it is 32 hexadecimal characters in length, so that means the default configurable
Authentication Key is 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF. If you make a mistake when
entering this key, (such as using a non-hex character – hex characters are 0-9, A-F) the key will
default back to this 0xFF key.
Two OIDs of the whispAps MIB already used by BH units for this operation are now enabled for
use on the AP. A new OID was added for the AP to select which key to use for authentication.
These OIDs are covered in the following table.