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Professional Access Point

Administrator Guide

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Isolation as extra precautions as mentioned below.

None

None means that any data transferred to and from the Professional Access Point is not encrypted.

There are no further options for this mode.Running without security can be useful during initial network
configuration or for problem solving, but it is not recommended for regular use on the Internal network
because it is not secure.

Static WEP

Wired Equivalent Privacy (

WEP

) is a data encryption protocol for 802.11 wireless networks. All wireless

stations and access points on the network are configured with a static 64-bit (40-bit secret key + 24-bit ini-

Field

Description

Broadcast SSID

Select the

Broadcast SSID

setting by clicking

Allow

or

Prohibit

.

By default, the access point broadcasts the Service Set Identifier (SSID) in its
beacon frames.

You can prohibit this broadcast to discourage stations from automatically dis-
covering your access point. When the access point’s broadcast SSID is sup-
pressed, the network name will not be displayed in the

List of Available Networks

on a client device. Instead, the client must have the exact network name con-
figured in the supplicant before the client will be able to connect.

You can use the Command Line Interface to prohibit the broadcast of the SSID
on the Guest Network. For the command syntax, see “Set the Broadcast SSID
(Allow or Prohibit)” on page 215.

Station Isolation

Select

Off

to disable station isolation or

On

to enable it.

• When station isolation is

Off

, wireless clients can communicate with one

another normally by sending traffic through the access point.

• When station isolation is

On

, the access point blocks communication

between wireless clients. The access point allows data traffic between its
wireless clients and wired devices on the network, but not among wireless
clients. The traffic blocking extends to wireless clients connected to the
network via

WDS

links; these clients cannot communicate with each other

when station isolation is on. See “Wireless Distribution System” on page 153
for more information about WDS.

Security Mode

Select the

Security Mode

. Select one of the following:

None

Static WEP

IEEE 802.1x

WPA/WPA2 Personal (PSK)

WPA/WPA2 Enterprise (RADIUS)

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