User's Guide

Configuring a VNS
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Working with the VNS wizard to create a new VNS
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• To enable WPA v2-type encryption, select WPA v.2. The other options for
this drop-down list are:
– Auto – If you click Auto, the Wireless AP advertises both TKIP and
CCMP (counter mode with cipher block chaining message
authentication code protocol). CCMP is an IEEE 802.11i encryption
protocol that uses the encryption cipher AES (Advanced Encryption
Standard).
– AES only – If you click AES, the Wireless AP advertises CCMP as an
available encryption protocol. It will not advertise TKIP.
• To enable re-keying after a time interval, select Broadcast re-key
interval. If this checkbox is not selected, the Broadcast encryption key is
never changed and the Wireless AP will always use the same broadcast
key for Broadcast/Multicast transmissions. This will reduce the level of
security for wireless communications.
–In the Broadcast re-key interval box, type the time interval after
which the broadcast encryption key is changed automatically.
• In the Pre-shared key box, type the shared secret key to be used
between the wireless device and Wireless AP. The shared secret key is
used to generate the 256-bit key.
– Mask/Unmask – Click to display or hide your shared secret key.
17. Click Next. The Radio Assignment screen is displayed.
18. On the Radio Assignment screen, do the following:
• In the AP Default Settings section, select the radios of the AP default
settings profile that you want to broadcast the Captive Portal VNS.
• In the AP Selection section, select the group of APs that will broadcast
the Captive Portal VNS:
• all radios – Click to assign all of the APs’ radios.
• radio 1 – Click to assign only the APs’ Radio 1.
• radio 2– Click to assign only the APs’ Radio 2.
• local APs - all radios – Click to assign only the local APs.
• local APs - radio 1 – Click to assign only the local APs’ Radio 1.
• local APs - radio 2 – Click to assign only the local APs’ Radio 2.
• foreign APs - all radios – Click to assign only the foreign APs.
• foreign APs - radio 1 – Click to assign only the foreign APs’ Radio 1.
• foreign APs - radio 2 – Click to assign only the foreign APs’ Radio 2.