Symbol Technologies AP-5131 User Manual

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Configuring Access Point Security

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3.

Configure the

Manual Key Settings

screen to modify the following:

NOTE

When entering Inbound or Outbound encryption or authentication keys, an
error message could display stating the keys provided are “weak”. Some
WEP attack tools invoke a dictionary to hack WEP keys based on
commonly used words. To avoid entering a weak key, try to not to produce
a WEP key using commonly used terms and attempt to mix alphabetic and
numerical key attributes when possible.

AH Authentication

AH provides data authentication and anti-replay services for the
VPN tunnel. Select the required authentication method from the
drop-down menu:

None - Disables AH authentication. The rest of the fields are
not active.

MD5 - Enables the Message Digest 5 algorithm requiring
128-bit (32-character hexadecimal) keys.

SHA1 - Enables Secure Hash Algorithm 1, requiring 160-bit
(40-character hexadecimal) keys.

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