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Security Profiles, support WPA or WPA2. Windows XP, Windows 2000 with Service Pack 3, and Windows

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ProSAFE Dual-Band Wireless AC Access Point WAC720 WAC730 WPA uses RADIUS-based 802.1x authentication. For more information, see Configure and Enable Security Profiles on page 35 and Configure WPA With RADIUS and WPA & WPA2 With RADIUS on page 40. WPA-PSK uses a pre-shared key (PSK) for authentication. For more information, see Configure and Enable Security Profiles on page 35 and Configure WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK, and WPA-PSK & WPA2-PSK on page 40. • WPA2 and WPA2-PSK (AES). Wi-Fi Protected Access version 2 (WPA2) data encryption provides strong data security with Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) encryption. The very strong authentication along with dynamic per-frame rekeying of WPA2 makes it virtually impossible to compromise. WPA2 uses RADIUS-based 802.1x authentication. For more information, see Configure and Enable Security Profiles on page 35 and Configure WPA With RADIUS and WPA & WPA2 With RADIUS on page 40. WPA2-PSK uses a pre-shared key (PSK) for authentication. For more information, see Configure and Enable Security Profiles on page 35 and Configure WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK, and WPA-PSK & WPA2-PSK on page 40. • WPA & WPA2 and WPA-PSK & WPA2-PSK mixed modes. These modes support data encryption either with both WPA and WPA2 clients or with both WPA-PSK and WPA2-PSK clients and provide the most reliable security. WPA & WPA2 uses RADIUS-based 802.1x authentication. For more information, see Configure and Enable Security Profiles on page 35 and Configure WPA With RADIUS and WPA & WPA2 With RADIUS on page 40. WPA-PSK & WPA2-PSK uses a pre-shared key (PSK) for authentication; for more information, see Configure and Enable Security Profiles on page 35 and Configure WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK, and WPA-PSK & WPA2-PSK on page 40. Security Profiles Security profiles let you configure unique security settings for each SSID on each radio of the wireless access point. For each radio, the wireless access point supports up to eight security profiles (BSSIDs) that you can configure on the individual Edit Wireless Network pages that are accessible from the Edit Security Profile page (see Configure and Enable Security Profiles on page 35). To set up a security profile, select its network authentication type, data encryption, wireless client security separation, and VLAN ID: • Network authentication The wireless access point is set by default as an open system with no authentication. When you configure network authentication, bear in mind that not all wireless adapters support WPA or WPA2. Windows XP, Windows 2000 with Service Pack 3, and Windows Vista do include the client software that supports WPA. However, client software is required on the client. Consult the product documentation for your wireless adapter and WPA or WPA2 client software for instructions about how to configure WPA2 settings. Wireless Configuration and Security 33

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Wireless Configuration and Security
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ProSAFE Dual-Band Wireless AC Access Point WAC720 WAC730
WPA uses RADIUS-based 802.1x authentication. For more information, see
Configure
and Enable Security Profiles
on page
35 and
Configure WPA With RADIUS and WPA &
WPA2 With RADIUS
on page
40.
WPA-PSK uses a pre-shared key (PSK) for authentication. For more information, see
Configure and Enable Security Profiles
on page
35 and
Configure WPA-PSK,
WPA2-PSK, and WPA-PSK & WPA2-PSK
on page
40.
•
WPA2 and WPA2-PSK (AES)
. Wi-Fi Protected Access version
2 (WPA2) data encryption
provides strong data security with Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) encryption. The
very strong authentication along with dynamic per-frame rekeying of WPA2 makes it
virtually impossible to compromise.
WPA2 uses RADIUS-based 802.1x authentication. For more information, see
Configure
and Enable Security Profiles
on page
35 and
Configure WPA With RADIUS and WPA &
WPA2 With RADIUS
on page
40.
WPA2-PSK uses a pre-shared key (PSK) for authentication. For more information, see
Configure and Enable Security Profiles
on page
35 and
Configure WPA-PSK,
WPA2-PSK, and WPA-PSK & WPA2-PSK
on page
40.
•
WPA & WPA2 and WPA-PSK & WPA2-PSK mixed modes
. These modes support data
encryption either with both WPA and WPA2 clients or with both WPA-PSK and
WPA2-PSK clients and provide the most reliable security.
WPA & WPA2 uses RADIUS-based 802.1x authentication. For more information, see
Configure and Enable Security Profiles
on page
35 and
Configure WPA With RADIUS
and WPA & WPA2 With RADIUS
on page
40.
WPA-PSK & WPA2-PSK uses a pre-shared key (PSK) for authentication; for more
information, see
Configure and Enable Security Profiles
on page
35 and
Configure
WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK, and WPA-PSK & WPA2-PSK
on page
40.
Security Profiles
Security profiles let you configure unique security settings for each SSID on each radio of the
wireless access point. For each radio, the wireless access point supports up to eight security
profiles (BSSIDs) that you can configure on the individual Edit Wireless Network pages that
are accessible from the Edit Security Profile page (see
Configure and Enable Security
Profiles
on page
35).
To set up a security profile, select its network authentication type, data encryption, wireless
client security separation, and VLAN ID:
•
Network authentication
The wireless access point is set by default as an open system with no authentication.
When you configure network authentication, bear in mind that not all wireless adapters
support WPA or WPA2. Windows XP, Windows 2000 with Service Pack 3, and Windows
Vista do include the client software that supports WPA. However, client software is
required on the client. Consult the product documentation for your wireless adapter and
WPA or WPA2 client software for instructions about how to configure WPA2 settings.