Oki C9600n OkiLAN 510w Glossary

OKILAN 510w Glossary

Term

Explanation

Ad-Hoc mode

The printer and the wireless computer communicate directly

with each other without an access point.

CA certificate

This is the certificate provided by the Certificate Authority

that issues certificates for RADIUS servers. EAP

authentication is used for authentication of the RADIUS

server by the client.

Client certificate

This is used in EAP authentication to certify the client itself.

The Client Authentication attribute included in the Extended

Key Usage attribute is required for the client certificate to be

used in the EAP authentication.

EAP (Extensible

Authentication

Protocol)

This is the user certification protocol conforming to

IEEE802.1X.

There are various EAP methods. This product supports the

method known a ’EAP-TLS.’ A separate authentication

server (RADIUS server) is required for user authentication

by the EAP. Communication is possible with access points

supporting an EAP conforming to the WPA standard.

EAP-TLS

EAP-TLS is an EAP method. Both the client and the

authentication server (RADIUS server) authenticate one

another by means of an electronic certificate.

User authentication by EAP-TLS requires the importing of a

’Client Certificate’ that certifies the printer itself and a ’CA

Certificate’ for authenticating the authentication server

(RADIUS server).

Infrastructure

mode

All wireless communication is done through an access point.

The SSID determines with what access point the wireless

connection will be made.

Open system

authentication

No authentication is done when establishing a wireless

connection. Since anyone can connect wirelessly, there is a

serious security risk.

When ’Open’ is set as the authentication method on this

product, wireless communications are also not encrypted.