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Wireless Privacy Settings
set wireless network-id wps [ off | on ]
Enables or disables Wireless Protected Setup. See “Wireless Protected Setup” on page 26 .
set wireless network-id privacy option { off | WEP | WPA-PSK | WPA-802.1x }
Specifies the type of privacy enabled on the wireless LAN. off = no privacy; WEP = WEP encr yption;
WPA-PSK = Wireless Protected Access/Pre-Shared Key; WPA-802.1x = Wireless Protected Access/
802.1x authentication. See
“Wireless” on page 53 for a discussion of these options.
WPA provides Wireless Protected Access, the most secure option for your wireless network. This mech-
anism provides the best data protection and access control. PSK requires a Pre-Shared Key; 802.1x
requires a RADIUS ser ver for authentication.
WEP is Wired Equivalent Privacy, a method of encr ypting data between the wireless Gateway and its cli-
ents. It is strongly recommended to turn this
on as it is the primary way to protect your network and
data from intruders. Note that 40bit is the same as 64bit and will work with either type of wireless cli-
ent. The default is
off.
A single key is selected (see default-key) for encr yption of outbound/transmitted packets. The WEP-
enabled client must have the identical key, of the same length, in the identical slot (1...4) as the wire-
less Gateway, in order to successfully receive and decr ypt the packet. Similarly, the client also has a
‘default’ key that it uses to encr ypt its transmissions. In order for the wireless Gateway to receive the
client’s data, it must likewise have the identical key, of the same length, in the same slot. For simplic-
ity, a wireless Gateway and its clients need only enter, share, and use the first key.
set wireless network-id privacy pre-shared-key string
The Pre Shared Key is a passphrase shared between the Router and the clients and is used to gener-
ate dynamically changing keys, when
WPA-PSK is selected or enabled. The passphrase can be 8 – 63
characters. It is recommended to use at least 20 characters for best security.
set wireless network-id privacy default-keyid { 1...4 }
Specifies which WEP encr yption key (of 4) the wireless Gateway will use to transmit data. The client
must have an identical matching key, in the same numeric slot, in order to successfully decode. Note
that a client allows you to choose which of its keys it will use to transmit. Therefore, you must have an
identical key in the same numeric slot on the Gateway.
For simplicity, it is easiest to have both the Gateway and the client transmit with the same key. The
default is
1.