Psion Teklogix 9160 G2 - Manual (Page 9)

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Contents
Chapter 9: Wireless Neighborhood
9.1 Navigating To Wireless Neighborhood. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
9.2 Understanding Wireless Neighborhood Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
9.3 Viewing Wireless Neighborhood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
9.4 Viewing Details For A Cluster Member . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Chapter 10: Configuring Security
10.1 Understanding Security Issues On Wireless Networks . . . . . . . . . . . 91
10.1.1 How Do I Know Which Security Mode To Use? . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
10.1.2 Comparison Of Security Modes For Key Management, Authentication And
Encryption Algorithms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
10.1.2.1 When To Use Unencrypted (No Security) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
10.1.2.2 When To Use Static WEP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
10.1.2.3 When To Use IEEE 802.1x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
10.1.2.4 When To Use WPA Personal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
10.1.2.5 When To Use WPA Enterprise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
10.1.3 Does Prohibiting The Broadcast SSID Enhance Security? . . . . . . . . 98
10.1.4 How Does Station Isolation Protect The Network? . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
10.2 Configuring Security Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
10.2.1 Broadcast SSID, Station Isolation, And Security Mode . . . . . . . . . 99
10.2.2 None (Plain-text) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
10.2.3 Guest Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
10.2.4 Static WEP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
10.2.4.1 Rules To Remember For Static WEP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
10.2.4.2 Example Of Using Static WEP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
10.2.4.3 Static WEP With Transfer Key Indexes On Client Stations . . . . 106
10.2.5 IEEE 802.1x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
10.2.6 WPA Personal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
10.2.7 WPA Enterprise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
10.3 Updating Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Chapter 11: Maintenance And Monitoring
11.1 Interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119