Lancom Systems 3550 - Manual (Page 59)

LANCOM 3550 Wireless
࡯ Chapter 7: Security settings
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7.1.5 802.1x / EAP
The international industry standard IEEE 802.1x and the Extensible Authenti-
cation Protocol (EAP) enables the realization of reliable and secure access
controls for base stations. The access data is centrally administered on a
RADIUS server then, and can be retrieved by the base station if required.
Standard WEP encryption
As standard, WEP128 encryption is activated for every unconfigured
device.
The key consists of the first letter “L” followed by the LAN MAC address of
the access point in ASCII characters. The LAN MAC addresses of the
LANCOM devices always begin with the character string “00A057”. You
will find the LAN MAC address on a sticker on the base of the device. Only
use the number labeled as “MAC address” that starts with “00A057”. The
other numbers that may be found are not the LAN MAC address!
A device with the LAN MAC address “00A0570FB9BF” thus has a standard
WEP key of “L00A0570FB9BF”. This key is entered into the 'Private WEP
settings' of the device for each logical WLAN network as 'Key 1'.
To use a WLAN adapter to establish a connection to a new LANCOM
access point, the WEP128 encryption must be activated for the WLAN
adapter and the standard 13-character WEP key entered.
 After registering for the first time, change the WEP password to
ensure that you have a secure connection.
 Note that a reset also causes the WLAN key settings to be lost from
the device and the standard WEP key comes into effect again.
WLAN access can only work after a reset if the standard WEP key
is programmed into the WLAN adapter as well.