Westell Technologies Versalink 327W - Manual (Page 64)

030-300500 Rev. A 64 October 2006
User Guide VersaLink™ Gateway (Model 327W)
If you select WPA-PSK from the Wireless Security drop-down menu, following screen will be displayed. Enter
you WPA Shared Key in the field provided. Next, enter the WPA Group Rekey Interval value. Click save to save
the settings.
Wireless Security
Wireless Security Factory Default = Disabled.
Possible Response:
Disabled: Wireless security will be disabled on the VersaLink.
WPA-PSK: Selecting this will enable you to set up WPA-PSK security on the VersaLink.
WEP: Selecting this will enable you to set up WEP security on the VersaLink. The AP card
supports 64-bit, 128-bit, or 256-bit WEP encryption. If WEP is selected, any station can
connect to the AP (as long as its SSID matches the AP SSID).
If wireless security is disabled, the risk of someone nearby accessing the AP is maximized
WPA Shared Key This is a passphrase (also called a shared secret) that must be entered in both the wireless
router and the wireless client. This shared secret can be between 8 to 63 text characters (or
64 hexadecimal characters) and can include special characters and spaces. The WPA Shared
Key should be a random sequence of either keyboard characters (upper and lowercase
letters, numbers, and punctuation), at lease 20 characters long, or hexadecimal digits
(numbers 0-9 and letters A-F) at least 24 hexadecimal digits long. The more random your
WPA Shared Key, the safer it is to use.
WPA Group Rekey
Interval Factory Default = 3600
The number of seconds between rekeying the WPA group key. A zero “0” means that
rekeying is disabled.