ZyXEL Communications 650 Series User Manual

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Prestige 650 Series User’s Guide

34-4

System

Security

Figure 34-5 Menu 23.4 System Security : IEEE802.1x

The following table describes the fields in this menu.

Table 34-2 Menu 23.4 System Security : IEEE802.1x

FIELD DESCRIPTION

Wireless Port
Control

Press [SPACE BAR] and select a security mode for the wireless LAN access.

Select No Authentication Required to allow any clients access to your wired network
without entering usernames and passwords. This is the default setting.

Selecting Authentication Required means clients have to enter usernames and
passwords before access to the wired network is allowed.

Select No Access Allowed to block all clients access to the wired network.

ReAuthentica-
tion Timer
(in seconds)

Specify how often a client has to re-enter username and password to stay connected to
the wired network.

This field is activated only when you select Authentication Required in the Wireless
Port Control
field. Enter a time interval between 10 and 9999 (in seconds). The default
time interval is 1800 seconds (or 30 minutes).

Idle Timeout

The Prestige automatically disconnects a client from the wired network after a period of
inactivity. The client needs to enter the username and password again before access to
the wired network is allowed.

This field is activated only when you select Authentication Required in the Wireless
Port Control
field. The default time interval is 3600 seconds (or 1 hour).

Menu 23.4 - System Security - IEEE802.1x

Wireless Port Control= Authentication Required
ReAuthentication Timer (in second)= 1800

Idle Timeout (in second)= 3600

Authentication Databases= Local User Database Only

Press ENTER to Confirm or ESC to Cancel:

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