8 configuring wpa using tkip, Configuring wpa using tkip -20 – Symbol Technologies AP-5131 User Manual

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AP-5131 Access Point Product Reference Guide

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Default (hexadecimal) keys for KeyGuard include:

6.

Select the

Allow WEP128 Clients

checkbox (from within the

KeyGuard Mixed Mode

field) to enable WEP128 clients to associate with an AP-5131’s KeyGuard supported WLAN.
The WEP128 clients must use the same keys as the KeyGuard clients to interoperate within
the AP-5131’s KeyGuard supported WLAN.

7.

Click the

Apply

button to save any changes made within the KeyGuard Setting field of the

New Security Policy screen.

8.

Click the

Cancel

button to undo any changes made within the KeyGuard Setting field and

return to the

WLAN

screen. This reverts all settings to the last saved configuration.

6.8 Configuring WPA Using TKIP

Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) is a robust encryption scheme specified in the IEEE Wireless Fidelity
(Wi-Fi) standard, 802.11i. WPA provides more sophisticated data encryption than WEP. WPA is
designed for corporate networks and small-business environments where more wireless traffic
allows quicker discovery of encryption keys by an unauthorized person.

WPA's encryption method is Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP). TKIP addresses WEP’s
weaknesses with a re-keying mechanism, a per-packet mixing function, a message integrity check,
and an extended initialization vector. WPA also provides strong user authentication based on 802.1x
EAP. To configure WPA-TKIP encryption on the AP-5131:

1.

Select

Network Configuration

->

Wireless

->

Security

from the AP-5131 menu tree.

If security policies supporting WPA-TKIP exist, they appear within the

Security

Configuration

screen. These existing policies can be used as is, or their properties edited

by clicking the

Edit

button. To configure a new security policy supporting WPA-TKIP,

continue to step 2.

2.

Click the

Create

button to configure a new policy supporting WPA-TKIP.

The

New Security Policy

screen displays with no authentication or encryption options

selected.

Key 1

101112131415161718191A1B1C

Key 2

202122232425262728292A2B2C

Key 3

303132333435363738393A3B3C

Key 4

404142434445464748494A4B4C

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