Datasheet

Configuring Access Point Security
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9. Click the Apply button to save any changes made within the 802.1x EAP Settings field
(including all 5 selectable tabs) of the New Security Policy screen.
10. Click the Cancel button to undo any changes made within the 802.1x EAP Settings field and
return to the WLAN screen. This reverts all settings for the 802.1x EAP Settings field to the
last saved configuration.
6.6 Configuring WEP Encryption
Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) is a security protocol specified in the IEEE Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi)
standard. WEP is designed to provide a WLAN with a level of security and privacy comparable to that
of a wired LAN.
WEP may be all that a small-business user needs for the simple encryption of wireless data. However,
networks that require more security are at risk from a WEP flaw. The existing 802.11 standard alone
offers administrators no effective method to update keys.
To configure WEP on the AP-5131:
1. Select Network Configuration -> Wireless -> Security from the AP-5131 menu tree.
If security policies supporting WEP exist, they appear within the Security Configuration
screen. These existing policies can be used as is, or their properties edited by clicking the
Edit button. To configure a new security policy supporting WEP, continue to step 2.
2. Click the Create button to configure a new policy supporting WEP.
The New Security Policy screen displays with no authentication or encryption options
selected.
3. Select either the WEP 64 (40 bit key) or WEP 128 (104 bit key) radio button.
MU Timeout Specify the time (in seconds) for the AP-5131’s retransmission of
EAP-Request packets. The default is 10 seconds. If this time is
exceeded, the authetnication session is terminated.
Retries Specify the number of retries for the MU to retransmit a missed
frame to the Radius server before it times out of the authentication
session. The default is 2 retries.
Enable Syslog Select the Enable Syslog checkbox to enable syslog messages
relating to EAP events to be written to the specified syslog server.
Syslog Server IP Enter the IP address of the destination syslog server to be used to
log EAP events.