Cisco AIR-CB21AG-W-K9 Configuration Guide - Page 42
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Creating a New Profile and Configuring Basic Settings Chapter 2 Configuring Wireless Profiles Table 2-1 Profile Management General Settings (continued) Setting Encryption type Security Key/Passphrase Display characters What to Enter Encryption choices are determined by the security type that you choose. From the Encryption type drop-down list, choose an available method. The choices are the following: • If you choose No authentication (Open), your encryption choice is None. • If you choose WEP, your only encryption choice is WEP. • If you choose WPA2-Personal, you can choose AES or TKIP. • If you choose WPA-Personal, you can choose AES or TKIP. • If you choose WPA2-Enterprise, your encryption choice is AES, TKIP, AES (MFP), or TKIP (MFP). • If you choose WPA-Enterprise, your encryption choice is AES or TKIP. • If you choose 802.1x, your only encryption choice is WEP. • If you choose CCKM, your encryption choices are WEP, AES, and TKIP. For more information about these encryption types, see the "Security and Encryption Types" section on page 2-10. Default: The default that appear in the Encryption type drop-down list is determined by what you selected in the Security type drop-down list. • If you choose No authentication (Open), a Security Key/Passphrase is not necessary. • If you choose the WEP security type, enter the WEP key. • If you choose the WPA2-Personal security type, enter the WPA2 preshared key. • If you choose the WPA-Personal security type, enter the WPA preshared key. • For the WPA2-Enterprise and WPA-Enterprise security types, see Chapter 3, "Configuring EAP Types." The enterprise network EAP type determines the credentials that the client adapter must use for authentication. • If you choose the 802.1x security type, a Security Key/Passphrase is not necessary. Note Contact the wireless network administrator for the network WEP key, the WPA2-Personal preshared key, or the WPA-Personal preshared key. Check this check box if you want to view the characters that you enter into the Security Key/Passphrase field. If you do not check this check box, the key or passphrase that you enter appears as black dots. Default: Not checked. Cisco Aironet 802.11a/b/g Wireless LAN Client Adapters (CB21AG and PI21AG) Installation and Configuration Guide for Windows Vista 2-8 OL-16534-01