User's Manual

Setting up Profile Security
Network Authentication
Open: No authentication used. Refer to
Open and Shared Key authentication for more information.
Open authentication allows a wireless device access to the network without 802.11 authentication. The
access point allows any request for authentication. If no encryption is enabled on the network, any
wireless device with the correct network name (SSID) can associate with the access point and gain
access to the network.
Data Encryption
None: No data encryption used.
Enable 802.1x
Checked.
Authentication Type
MD5: A one-way authentication method that uses user names and passwords.
Use the Windows logon user name and
password
If this feature is selected the user’s credentials are retrieved from the user’s Windows Logon process.
Prompt for the user name and
password
Prompts for a user name and password before you connect the wireless network. The user name and
password must be first set in the authentication server by the administrator.
Use the following user name and
password
The user name and password must be first set in the authentication server by the administrator.
User Name: This user name must match the user name that is set in the authentication server.
Password: This password must match the password that is set in the authentication server. The entered
password characters display as asterisks.
Confirm Password: Re-enter the user password.
802.1x MD5 – WEP Key
MD5 authentication is a one-way authentication method that uses user names and passwords. This method does not support key management, but
does require a pre-configured key if data encryption is used.
MD5 Settings for Shared/None, Open/WEP, Open/CKIP.
Name Description
Network Authentication
Open: No authentication used. Refer to
Open and Shared Key authentication for more information.
Open authentication allows a wireless device access to the network without 802.11 authentication. The
access point allows any request for authentication. If no encryption is enabled on the network, any
wireless device with the correct network name (SSID) can associate with the access point and gain
access to the network. .
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