User manual

Diagnostics and Troubleshooting ILX34-AENWG ♦ Point I/O Platform
User Manual Wireless POINT I/O Adapter
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 September19,2011
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Field
Description
SSID Assignanetworkname(SSID)ofupto32characters.Theradiousesthisnameinall
networkreferences.AllradiosinanetworkmusthavethesameSSID.SSIDnamesare
case‐sensitive.
EncryptionType Choosethemethodbywhichtheadapterwillapplyencryptionsecurity:
 NONE(notrecommended)
 WEP128‐Legacysecuritysettingusinga128‐bitkeyandWEPencryption.
 WPA2/AES(Preferred)‐SecuritysettingusingWPA(pre‐sharedkey)
authenticationandAESencryption.
ThepreferredencryptiontypeisAES(Advanced
EncryptionStandard).Youshould
onlyselectWEP(wiredequivalencyprotocol)forusewithanolderclientradiothat
onlyhasWEPencryption.
WEPistheoriginalsecurityprotocolusedby802.11networks,butAESoffersbetter
protectionagainstattacks,forseveralreasons:AESusesanadvancedencryption
algorithmthatis
notsusceptibletothesameweaknessesasWEP,itperforms
dynamickeymanagementbychangingthesessionkeysfrequently,anditperforms
messageintegritycheckstopreventforgeryandreplay.
YoucanalsoselectWEP128,orNone(noencryption)astheencryptiontype,but
noneofthesesettingsarerecommended.
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WPAPassphrase TouseWPA2/AESencryptiononpacketssentbetweentheradios,enteraWPA2/AES
passphraseofbetweeneightand63normalkeyboardcharacters.Thisphrase
automaticallygeneratesanencryptionkeyof128hexadecimalcharacters.Thisfieldis
onlyavailableifyouselectWPA2/AESastheencryptiontype.
WEPKeyIndex Ifusing WEP128encryption,selecttheKeyIndexthatmatchestheKeyIndexusedin
theAccessPoint.
WEPKeys(1‐4) IfusingWEP128encryption,entertheWEPKeysthatmatchtheKeysintheAccess
Point.
TransmitDataRate TherecommendedTheILX34‐AENWGsupportsthefollowingtransmitdatarates.The 
defaultvalueisAuto:Max54Mbps,andthisistherecommendedvalueformost
applications.
1Mbps Auto:Max.1Mbps
2Mbps Auto:Max.2Mbps
5.5Mbps Auto:Max.5.5Mbps
11Mbps Auto:Max.11Mbps
18Mbps Auto:Max.18Mbps
24Mbps Auto:Max.24Mbps
36Mbps Auto:Max.36Mbps
54Mbps Auto:Max.54Mbps
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