Symbol Technologies AP-5131 - Manual (Page 201)

Configuring Access Point Security 6-15
9. Select the Advanced Settings tab as required to specify a MU quiet period, timeout
interval, transmit period, and retry period for MUs and the authentication server. The items
within this tab are identical regardless of whether Internal or External is selected from the
Radius Server drop-down menu.
10. Click the Apply button to save any changes made within the 802.1x EAP Settings field
(including all 5 selectable tabs) of the New Security Policy screen.
Period (30-9999) secs Set the EAP reauthentication period to a shorter time interval (at
least 30 seconds) for tighter security on the WLAN's connections.
Set the EAP reauthentication period to a longer time interval (at
most, 9999 seconds) to relax security on wireless connections. The
reauthentication period setting does not affect wireless connection
throughput. The default is 3600 seconds.
Max. Retries (1-99)
retries Define the maximum number of MU retries to reauthenticate after
failing to complete the EAP process. Failure to reauthenticate in the
specified number of retries results in a terminated connection. The
default is 2 retries.
MU Quiet Period
(1-65535) secs Specify an idle time (in seconds) between MU authentication
attempts, as required by the authentication server. The default is
10 seconds.
MU Timeout
(1-255) secs Define the time (in seconds) for the AP-5131’s retransmission of
EAP-Request packets. The default is 10 seconds.
MU Tx Period
(1-65635) secs Specify the time period (in seconds) for the AP-5131's
retransmission of the EAP Identity Request frame. The default is 5
seconds.
MU Max Retries
(1-10) retries Specify the maximum number of times the AP-5131 retransmits an
EAP-Request frame to the client before it times out the
authentication session. The default is 2 retries.
Server Timeout
(1-255) secs Specify the time (in seconds) for the AP-5131's retransmission of
EAP-Request packets to the server. The default is 5 seconds. If this
time is exceeded, the authetnication session is terminated.
Server Max Retries
(1-255 retries) Specify the maximum number of times for the AP-5131 to
retransmit an EAP-Request frame to the server before it times out
the authentication session. The default is 2 retries.