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Enabling Secure Communications Between Access Points and
End Devices
There are several ways that you can ensure secure communications
between access points and wireless end devices in your network:
‰ Use an ACL
‰ Create a VLAN
‰ Use static WEP keys
‰ Implement an 802.1x security solution
The next sections explain how to configure these methods.
Using an Access
Control List
(ACL)
You can use an ACL that contains the MAC addresses that are authorized
to communicate with the network through the access point. The end
devices do not need any special client software.
To use the ACL, you must have:
‰ a RADIUS server on the network that contains the ACL.
You can either use an external RADIUS server or you can configure
an EAS. For help, see Chapter 7, Configuring the Embedded
Authentication Server (EAS) on page 175.
‰ access points, which are the RADIUS clients.
If the access point has two radios, you can use an ACL for one radio and
another type of security for the other radio. For example, you have some
end devices that have an 802.1x supplicant and you have some end
devices that do not have a supplicant. You can enable one radio to use
802.1x authorization and the other radio to use an ACL. You can also use
one ACL for both radios. However, you cannot use a different ACL for
each radio.