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Insight Instant AirBridge WBC502 User Manual (Continued) Setting Description Passphrase If you select WPA2-PSK from the Security Mode menu, enter a passphrase (network key or WiFi password). The length of the passphrase must be from 8 to 63 characters. You must enter the same passphrase on a satellite that must connect to the master. Group Key Update Interval The period in seconds that the group key changes. The period can be from 30 to 3600 seconds. The default period is 3600 seconds (1 hour). If you enter 0, the update interval is disabled and the group key is not changed. For greater security, we recommend that you do not disable the update interval so that the group key can be changed automatically. For information about other WiFi features such as setting up a RADIUS accounting and a MAC filter, see Manage Advanced WiFi and Radio Features on page 90. 8. Click the Save button. Your settings are saved but not yet applied. The page closes. The Wireless Settings page displays again. A pop-up window opens. The window shows the number of changes to be applied. 9. In the pop-up window, click the Apply button. Your changes are applied. If the WiFi link must be reestablished, the page displays the number of seconds before the AirBridge is back online. Change or configure a new 5 GHz SSID for a master with the AirBridge mode disabled Use this task if the operation mode of the AirBridge is AirBridge Master and the AirBridge mode is disabled. When you performed the initial configuration on the Day Zero Easy Setup page, you were required to change the name of the default 5 GHz SSID. If you kept WPA2-PSK as the WiFi security, you were also required to change the passphrase. If the AirBridge mode is disabled, the master can support up to four 5 GHz SSIDs. In that situation, you can enable and configure a new 5 GHz SSID, or change such a 5 GHz SSID if you previously enabled it. Manage the WiFi and Radio 71 Features User Manual

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Description
Setting
If you select
WPA2-PSK
from the
Security Mode
menu, enter a passphrase (network key
or WiFi password). The length of the passphrase must be from 8 to 63 characters.
You must enter the same passphrase on a satellite that must connect to the master.
Passphrase
The period in seconds that the group key changes. The period can be from 30 to 3600
seconds. The default period is 3600 seconds (1 hour).
If you enter 0, the update interval is disabled and the group key is not changed. For greater
security, we recommend that you do not disable the update interval so that the group key
can be changed automatically.
Group Key
Update Interval
For information about other WiFi features such as setting up a RADIUS accounting
and a MAC filter, see Manage
Advanced
WiFi
and
Radio
Features
on page 90.
8.
Click the
Save
button.
Your settings are saved but not yet applied. The page closes. The Wireless Settings
page displays again.
A pop-up window opens. The window shows the number of changes to be applied.
9.
In the pop-up window, click the
Apply
button.
Your changes are applied. If the WiFi link must be reestablished, the page displays
the number of seconds before the AirBridge is back online.
Change or configure a new 5 GHz SSID for a master with
the AirBridge mode disabled
Use this task if the operation mode of the AirBridge is AirBridge Master and the AirBridge
mode is disabled.
When you performed the initial configuration on the Day Zero Easy Setup page, you
were required to change the name of the default 5 GHz SSID. If you kept WPA2-PSK as
the WiFi security, you were also required to change the passphrase.
If the AirBridge mode is disabled, the master can support up to four 5 GHz SSIDs. In
that situation, you can enable and configure a new 5 GHz SSID, or change such a
5 GHz SSID if you previously enabled it.
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Manage the WiFi and Radio
Features
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