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User Manual Wireless POINT I/O Adapter
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Page34of209 ProSoftTechnology,Inc.
 September19,2011
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Wireless Settings Page
TheWIRELESSSETTINGSpageopenswhenyouselecttheCONFIGURATIONfolderinthemenuonthe
leftsideofthepage,andthenclicktheW
IRELESSSETTINGSlink.Usethispagetoconfiguretheradio
settingsfortheadapter.
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Important: The values on this page are in non-volatile memory. Changes to these parameters do
not take effect until you reset or cycle power to the ILX34-AENWG adapter.
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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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