Ericsson W3X - Manual (Page 51)

Configuration and Management
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Integrity Protocol) while WPA2 encryption follows AES (Advanced
Encryption Standard). AES offers a higher level of security and is approved
for sensitive corporate and government data transmission. WPA/WPA2
Mixed enables connection of both WPA and WPA2 clients.
WPA and WPA2 authentication and encryption require a passphrase. A
passphrase is a sequence of words or other text and is similar to a
password in usage, but is generally longer for added security.
Each client on your wireless network has to be configured with exactly the
same passphrase as the one entered in the Ericsson W3x in order to allow
encrypted data transmission.
A WPA or WPA2 passphrase is case sensitive (distinguish between
uppercase and lowercase letters) and consists of between 8 and 63
characters. It is recommended that the passphrase contains at least 20
characters.
Enter a passphrase in the “Passphrase / Key” field and click Apply to save
the settings.
Note: Avoid using special characters (such as :, “ and ¤) when entering a
passphrase.
3.6.9 Connected Devices
The “CONNECTED DEVICES” list on the Wireless LAN page includes the
MAC (Media Access Control) addresses of all wireless clients currently
connected to the Ericsson W3x.
3.6.10 Whitelist
A common method of restricting WLAN access is to specify the MAC
address(es) in a “whitelist” for those computers to be granted access to the
WLAN. This kind of whitelist is also known as “MAC Association” or “MAC
Access list”.
Up to 20 MAC addresses for wireless clients can be added to the whitelist.
Once the whitelist has been enabled, only clients with an associated MAC
address are allowed to connect to the WLAN.
Note: This feature does not require any configuration of clients, but it is
recommended that some kind of encryption (WEP, WPA/WPA2) is
used in combination with the whitelist.