User guide

030-300505 Rev. A 43 April 2007
User GuideVersaLink Wireless Gatewa
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Model 327W
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12.2.1.2 WPA Security
If you select WPA in the Advanced Security Settings screen, the following screen will appear. Enter the
appropriate values in the fields, and then click Apply to allow the settings to take effect.
NOTE: A WPA key is treated as either a string of text (ASCII) characters or a set of hexadecimal (Hex)
characters. The WPA key can be either 8 to 63 text (ASCII) characters or 64 hexadecimal (Hex)
characters. The only allowable hexadecimal characters are: 0-9, and A-F.
WPA
Authentication Method Factory Default = Personal (Pre-Shared Key)
Personal (Pre-Shared Key) – WPA stations share a pre-shared key (string format) with the
Router and do not authenticate with the RADIUS server.
Enterprise 802.1x – WPA stations authenticate with the RADIUS server using EAP-TLS over
802.1x, a standard for passing extensible authentication protocol (EAP) for authentication
purposes. EAP is used to communicate authentication information between the supplicant and
the authentication server. With 802.1x EAP messages are packaged in Ethernet frames, rather
than using and PPP.
WPA Type Factory Default = WPA Any
WPA Any – Allows stations that support WPA, WPA2, or WPA Any to connect to the Router.
WPA – Allows stations that support WPA v.1 to connect to the Router.
WPA2 – Allows stations that support WPA v.2 to connect to the Router.
WPA2 Pre-
Authentication
Factory Default = Disabled
To Enable this feature, click the box (a check mark will appear in the box).
WPA Shared Key The WPA key can be either 8 to 63 text (ASCII) characters or 64 hexadecimal (Hex) characters.
The only allowable hexadecimal characters are: A-F and 0-9.
Group Key Update
Interval (in seconds)
The number of seconds between rekeying the wPA group key. A value of zero means that
rekeying is disabled.