Adaptec 2012500 User Guide - Page 31

About Security Authentication Settings, Creating Keys With a Passphrase

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Changing the Set-up of Your WLAN 2 Click Save. Your changes are saved. You must reboot your Wireless AP to apply your changes. Click Reboot on the Success page, or continue working in the Wireless Access Point Utility and click Reboot from the Administration page (see page 27) at the end of your session. You do not have to reboot your computer. Creating Keys With a Passphrase 1 Type in your chosen passphrase. 2 Click Generate. The Wireless Access Point Utility will auto-generate the required keys and set a default key. Note: Make a note of the WEP keys so that you can apply them to all Wireless stations on your WLAN. 3 Click Save. Your changes are saved. You must reboot your Wireless AP to apply your changes. Click Reboot on the Success page, or continue working in the Wireless Access Point Utility and click Reboot from the Administration page (see page 27) at the end of your session. You do not have to reboot your computer. About Security Authentication Settings Open System authentication is null authentication. Any station can connect to any Access Point and read all data that is sent in plain text. Set Authentication to Open where performance is the main issue and you have no need for security. Shared Key authentication provides more security than Open System authentication. In a Shared Key system, your wireless stations and your Wireless AP share a secret encryption/ decryption key that helps prevent unauthorized users from reading your data. Set your Wireless AP's Security Authentication setting to Both to allow Wireless devices with either authentication setting to connect to your Wireless AP. 24

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Changing the Set-up of Your WLAN
2
Click
Save
.
Your changes are saved. You must reboot your Wireless AP to
apply your changes. Click
Reboot
on the Success page, or
continue working in the Wireless Access Point Utility and click
Reboot from the Administration page (see
page 27
) at the end of
your session. You do not have to reboot your computer.
Creating Keys With a Passphrase
1
Type in your chosen passphrase.
2
Click
Generate
.
The Wireless Access Point Utility will auto-generate the
required keys and set a default key.
Note:
Make a note of the WEP keys so that you can apply
them to all Wireless stations on your WLAN.
3
Click
Save
.
Your changes are saved. You must reboot your Wireless AP to
apply your changes. Click
Reboot
on the Success page, or
continue working in the Wireless Access Point Utility and click
Reboot from the Administration page (see
page 27
) at the end of
your session. You do not have to reboot your computer.
About Security Authentication Settings
Open System authentication is null authentication. Any station can
connect to any Access Point and read all data that is sent in plain
text. Set Authentication to Open where performance is the main
issue and you have no need for security.
Shared Key authentication provides more security than Open
System authentication. In a Shared Key system, your wireless
stations and your Wireless AP share a secret encryption/
decryption key that helps prevent unauthorized users from
reading your data.
Set your Wireless AP’s Security Authentication setting to
Both
to
allow Wireless devices with either authentication setting to connect
to your Wireless AP.