Rockwell Automation 2727-T7P30D1F MobileView Tablet T750 User Manual - Manual (Page 60)

Publication 2727-UM001D-EN-P - March 2004
5-6 Communications Configuration
Authentication Type Defines how your client adapter attempts to authenticate to an
access point.
Options: Open or Shared Key
Default: Open
Open Authentication: Allows your client adapter, regardless
of its WEP settings, to associate with an access point. If LEAP
is enabled on your client adapter, Open Authentication is the
only available option.
Shared Key Authentication: Allows your client adapter to
associate only with access points that have the same WEP key.
This option is available only if the client adapter has been
assigned a static WEP key in CEM, static WEP is enabled, and
LEAP is not enabled.
The access point sends a known unencrypted “challenge
packet” to the client adapter, which encrypts the packet and
sends it back to the access point. The access point attempts to
decrypt the encrypted packet and sends an authentication
response packet indicating the success or failure of the
decryption back to the client adapter.
LEAP Enables or disables LEAP authentication for your client
adapter.
Options: Enabled or Disabled
Default: Disabled
Enabled: Enables LEAP after you enter a username and
password in WLM.
Note: This parameter must be enabled before you set a LEAP
username and password in WLM.
Disabled: Disables LEAP. LEAP can be disabled as desired.
Mixed Mode Indicates if the client adapter can associate to an access point
that allows both WEP and non-WEP associations.
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If the access point with which the client adapter is to
associate has WEP set to Optional, you must enable
Mixed Mode on the adapter (regardless of whether
WEP is enabled on the adapter). Otherwise, the client
adapter cannot establish a connection with the access
point.
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If the access point with which the client adapter is to
associate does not have WEP set to Optional, Mixed
Mode should be set to Disabled on the adapter.
Options: Enabled or Disabled
Default: Disabled
Note: For security reasons, Cisco recommends that
WEP-enabled and WEP-disabled clients not be allowed in the
same cell because broadcast packets will be sent unencrypted,
even to clients running WEP.
Parameter Description