PROLiNK H5004N Wireless-N User Manual

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H5004N User Manual

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Version 1.00 (Jan’10)

Use 802.1x Authentication

Check it to enable 802.1x authentication. This option is selectable only when the
“Encryption” is choose to either None or WEP. If the “Encryption” is WEP, you
need to further select the WEP key length to be either WEP 64bits or WEP
128bits.

WPA Authentication Mode

There are 2 types of authentication mode for WPA.

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WPA-RADIUS: WPA RADIUS uses an external RADIUS server to perform
user authentication. To use WPA RADIUS, enter the IP address of the
RADIUS server, the RADIUS port (default is 1812) and the shared secret
from the RADIUS server. Please refer to “Authentication RADIUS Server”
setting below for RADIUS setting. The WPA algorithm is selected between
TKIP and AES, please refer to “WPA cipher Suite” below.

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Pre-Shared Key: Pre-Shared Key authentication is based on a shared
secret that is known only by the parties involved. To use WPA Pre-Shared
Key, select key format and enter a password in the “Pre-Shared Key Format”
and “Pre-Shared Key” setting respectively. Please refer to “Pre-Shared Key
Format” and “Pre-Shared Key” setting below.

Pre-Shared Key Format

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PassPhrase: Select this to enter the Pre-Shared Key secret as user-friendly
textual secret.

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Hex (64 characters): Select this to enter the Pre-Shared Key secret as
hexadecimal secret.

Pre-Shared Key

Specify the shared secret used by this Pre-Shared Key. If the “Pre-Shared Key
Format” is specified as PassPhrase, then it indicates a passphrase of 8 to 63
bytes long; or if the “Pre-Shared Key Format” is specified as PassPhrase, then it
indicates a 64-hexadecimal number.

Authentication RADIUS
Server

If the WPA-RADIUS is selected at “WPA Authentication Mode”, the port (default
is 1812), IP address and password of external RADIUS server are specified
here.

Function buttons in this page:

Apply Changes

Change the settings. New parameters will take effect after save into flash memory and

reboot the system. See section “Admin” for save details.