Ap configuration – H3C Technologies H3C WX3000E Series Wireless Switches User Manual

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Table 11 Configuration items

Item Description

Provide Key
Automatically

Specify whether to use WEP keys provided automatically or use static WEP keys.

Enable: Use WEP keys provided automatically.

Disable: Use static WEP keys.

By default, static WEP keys are used.
After you select Enable, WEP104 is displayed for WEP.

IMPORTANT:

Automatically provided WEP keys must be used together with 802.1X authentication.

Therefore, This option is available only after you select User authentication (802.1X)
for Primary Service Authentication type on the wireless configuration page.

WEP

Select the key type of the WEP encryption mechanism, which can be WEP40,
WEP104 and WEP 128.

Key ID

Select the WEP key index, which can be 1, 2, 3, or 4. Each number represents one
of the four static keys of WEP. The selected key index will be used for frame

encryption and decryption.

IMPORTANT:

If you select to enable Provide Key Automatically, only 1, 2, and 3 are available for

the Key ID option.

Key Length

Select the key length.

When the key type is WEP40, the key length can be five alphanumeric

characters or ten hexadecimal characters.

When the key type is WEP104, the key length can be 13 alphanumeric

characters or 26 hexadecimal characters.

When the key type is WEP128, the key length can be 16 alphanumeric

characters or 32 hexadecimal characters.

WEP Key

Enter the WEP key.

AP configuration

On the guest service configuration page, click Next to enter the AP configuration page, as shown

in

Figure 12

. You can configure an AP and click Add. You can configure multiple APs on the page. The

section at the bottom of the page displays all existing APs.

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