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P-335 Series User’s Guide
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7.4.4 Introduction to WPA
Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) is a subset of the IEEE 802.11i standard. WPA is preferred to
WEP as WPA has user authentication and improved data encryption. See the appendix for
more information on WPA user authentication and WPA encryption.
If you don’t have an external RADIUS server, you should use WPA-PSK (WPA -Pre-Shared
Key). WPA-PSK only requires a single (identical) password entered into each WLAN
member. As long as the passwords match, a client will be granted access to a WLAN.
Note: You can’t use the Local User Database for authentication when you select
WPA.
Authentication
Method
This field is activated when you select 64-bit WEP, 128-bit WEP or 256-bit WEP in
the WEP Encryption field.
Select Auto, Open System or Shared Key from the drop-down list box.
ASCII Select this option in order to enter ASCII characters as WEP key.
Hex Select this option in order to enter hexadecimal characters as a WEP key.
The preceding "0x", that identifies a hexadecimal key, is entered automatically.
Key 1 to Key 4 The WEP keys are used to encrypt data. Both the Prestige and the wireless stations
must use the same WEP key for data transmission.
If you chose 64-bit WEP, then enter any 5 ASCII characters or 10 hexadecimal
characters ("0-9", "A-F").
If you chose 128-bit WEP, then enter 13 ASCII characters or 26 hexadecimal
characters ("0-9", "A-F").
If you chose 256-bit WEP, then enter 29 ASCII characters or 58 hexadecimal
characters ("0-9", "A-F").
You must configure at least one key, only one key can be activated at any one time.
The default key is key 1.
Preamble Select a preamble type from the drop-down list menu. Choices are Long, Short and
Dynamic. The default setting is Dynamic.
See the section on preamble for more information.
802.11 Mode Select 802.11b Only to allow only IEEE 802.11b compliant WLAN devices to
associate with the Prestige.
Select 802.11g Only to allow only IEEE 802.11g compliant WLAN devices to
associate with the Prestige.
Select Mixed to allow either IEEE802.11b or IEEE802.11g compliant WLAN devices
to associate with the Prestige. The transmission rate of your Prestige might be
reduced.
G+ Enhanced Select G+ Enhanced checkbox to allow any ZyXEL WLAN devices that support this
feature to associate with the Prestige. This permits the Prestige to transmit at a higher
speed than the 802.11g Only mode.
Apply Click Apply to save your changes back to the Prestige.
Reset Click Reset to reload the previous configuration for this screen.
Table 28 Wireless: Static WEP Encryption
LABEL DESCRIPTION