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Security parameters summary, 2 security parameters summary – ZyXEL Communications P-334W User Manual

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Prestige 334W User’s Guide

Wireless Security

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Table 8-1 Wireless: No Security

LABEL DESCRIPTION

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.

Max. Frame
Burst

Enable Maximum Frame Burst to help eliminate collisions in mixed-mode networks
(networks with both IEEE 802.11g and IEEE 802.11b traffic) and enhance the
performance of both pure IEEE 802.11g and mixed IEEE 802.11b/g networks. Maximum
Frame Burst sets the maximum time, in microseconds, that the Prestige transmits IEEE
802.11g wireless traffic only.
Type the maximum frame burst between 0 and 1800 (650, 1000 or 1800 recommended).
Enter 0 to disable this feature. The default is 650.

Apply

Click Apply to save your changes back to the Prestige.

Reset

Click Reset to reload the previous configuration for this screen.

8.2 Security

Parameters

Summary

Refer to this table to see what other security parameters you should configure for each Authentication
Method/ key management protocol type. You enter manual keys by first selecting 64-bit WEP or 128-bit
WEP
from the WEP Encryption field and then typing the keys (in ASCII or hexadecimal format) in the key
text boxes. MAC address filters are not dependent on how you configure these security features.

Table 8-2 Wireless Security Relational Matrix

AUTHENTICATION

METHOD/ KEY

MANAGEMENT PROTOCOL

ENCRYPTION

METHOD

ENTER

MANUAL KEY

IEEE 802.1X

Open

None

No

Disable

No

Enable with Dynamic WEP Key

Yes

Enable without Dynamic WEP Key

Open WEP

Yes Disable

Shared

WEP

No

Enable with Dynamic WEP Key