User's Manual

EnRoute50x/51x User’s Guide
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Web GUI
The mesh radio SSID and its broadcast state can be set via the web interface using the “Mesh”
tab on the “Wireless Interfaces” page (see Figure 27).
7.3 Encryption
The mesh radio link can be protected with an encryption key to prevent unauthorized users
from intercepting or spoofing mesh traffic. Each node in a mesh cluster must have the same
encryption key.
CLI
To enable encryption, set the „key‟ parameter in the „mesh0‟ interface. The examples below
illustrate how to set the encryption key. The „key‟ parameter can either be specified as a 16-
character ASCII string preceded by “s:” or a 32-character hexadecimal string.
Encryption can be enabled using an ASCII key with
> use mesh0
mesh0> set key=”s:abcdefghijklmnop”
or using a hexadecimal key with
> use mesh0
mesh0> set key=”0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef”
Encryption can be disabled by specifying a blank value as shown below.
> use mesh0
mesh0> set key=
Web GUI
The mesh radio encryption key can be set via the web interface using the “Mesh” tab on the
“Wireless Interfaces” page (see Figure 27). The same encryption key must be entered in both
the “Mesh Key” and “Verify Mesh Key” text boxes for the new key to be accepted.
Only ASCII keys can be entered using the web interface. Unlike the CLI, an ASCII
key should not be preceded by “s:”