System information

Wireless Configuration and Security
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ProSAFE Single Band 802.11n Wireless Access Point WN203
3. Specify the settings of the Profile Definition section of the Edit Security Profile screen as
described in the following table:
Setting Description
Profile Name Enter a unique name of the wireless security profile that makes it easy to
recognize the profile. The default names are NETGEAR, NETGEAR-1,
NETGEAR-2, and so on, through NETGEAR-7. Y
ou can enter a value of up to
32 alphanumeric characters.
SSID The wireless network name (SSID) for the wireless security profile. The default
names are NETGEAR_1
1ng, NETGEAR_11ng-1, NETGEAR_1
1ng-2, and so
on, through NETGEAR_11ng-7 for the eighth profile.
Broadcast Wireless
Network Name (SSID)
Select the Ye
s radio button to enable the wireless access point to broadcast its
SSID, allowing wireless clients that have a null (blank) SSID to adopt the
wireless access point’s SSID.
Yes is the default setting. To prevent the SSID
from being broadcast, select the No radio button.
4. Specify the settings of the Authentication Settings section of the Edit Security Profile screen
as described in the following table.
Setting Description
Network Authentication
and Data Encryption
Note: The data
encryption fields that
display onscreen
depend on your
selection from the
Network Authentication
drop-down menu.
Open System This is the default setting. Use an open system without any
encryption or with WEP encryption.
For more information, see Configure an Open System with
WEP or Shared Key with WEP on page 40.
Shared Key Use WEP encryption and enter at least one shared key.
For more information, see Configure an Open System with
WEP or Shared Key with WEP on page 40.
Legacy 802.1X Configure the RADIUS server settings. Encryption is not
supported.
For more information, see Configure Legacy 802.1X on
page 42.
WPA with Radius Configure the RADIUS server settings and select TKIP or
TKIP +
AES encryption.
For more information, see Configure WPA with RADIUS,
WP
A2 with RADIUS, and WPA & WPA2 with RADIUS on
page 42.
WPA2 with Radius Configure the RADIUS server settings and select AES or
TKIP +
AES encryption.
For more information, see Configure WP
A with RADIUS,
WPA2 with RADIUS, and WPA & WPA2 with RADIUS on
page 42.
Note: Select this setting only if all clients support WPA2.