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4.6.5 WPA (Enterprise)
The WPA-Enterprise is one variant of Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) – security
standards published by the Wi-Fi Alliance. The WPA Mode further refines the
variant that the router should employ.
The WPA-Enterprise option works with a RADIUS Server to authenticate
wireless clients. Wireless clients should have established the necessary
credentials before attempting to authenticate to the Server through this
Gateway. Furthermore, it may be necessary to configure the RADIUS Server to
allow this gateway to authenticate users.
WPA Mode. WPA is the older standard; select this option if the clients that will
be used with the router only support the older standard. WPA2 is the newer
implementation of the stronger IEEE 802.11i security standard. With the WPA2
option, the router tries WPA2 first, but falls back to WPA if the client only
supports WPA. With the WPA2 Only
option, the router associates only with
clients that also support WPA2 security.
Cipher Type. The encryption algorithm used to secure the data communication.
TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity Protocol) provides per-packet key generation and
is based on WEP. AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) is a very secure block
based encryption. With the TKIP and AES option, the router negotiates the
cipher type with the client, and uses AES when available.
Group Key Update Interval. The amount of time before the group key used for
broadcast and multicast data is changed.
4.6.6 EAD (802.1X)
Authentication Timeout. Amount of time before a client will be required to re-
authenticate.
RADIUS Server IP Address. The IP address of the authentication server.
RADIUS Server Port. The port number used to connect to the authentication
server.
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