BelAir20E User Guide
Wi-Fi AP Security
April 2, 2012
Confidential
Document Number BDTM02201-A01 Standard
Additional Considerations
Make sure to set the AP SSID to something other than the default before
enabling
wpa
,
wpa2
or
wpa2mixed
. The BelAir20E unit combines the password
phrase with your SSID to create the key.
Note: Some configuration commands take longer than others to be applied to
a radio module. For example, it can take up to 40 seconds per SSID for
a WPA PSK configuration to be applied to radio. The delay varies
depending on the amount of computing resources required to
implement the configuration.
Wireless Client
Blacklist
/interface/wifi-<n>-<m>/add client blacklist <mac-addr>
/interface/wifi-<n>-<m>/del client blacklist <mac-addr>
These commands let you add and remove a MAC address from a client blacklist.
If a wireless client’s MAC address matches an entry on the blacklist, the client
cannot associate with the AP. The client blacklist can contain up to 16 entries.
Each physical interface can have its own client blacklist.
Use the
show config access
command to display the current client blacklist
entries.
Wireless Client
Access Control
List
/interface/wifi-<n>-<m>/show ssid <ssid_index> acl
[page <page-number> <page-size>]
/interface/wifi-<n>-<m>/add ssid <ssid_index> acl-mac-address
<mac-address>
/interface/wifi-<n>-<m>/del ssid <ssid_index> acl-mac-address
<mac-address>
/interface/wifi-<n>-<m>/set ssid <ssid_index> acl
{enabled|disabled}
You can create a local list of clients (an ACL) that controls access to the
network. The list can contain up to 16 clients per SSID. Clients are identified by
the MAC address of their network card. If you have multiple BelAir20E units in
your network, you need to create this list for every AP.
You should only use an ACL as an extra security measure if:
• you cannot or prefer not to set up a RADIUS server
• your network provides access to network clients which do not support
RADIUS authentication
In both cases, it is recommended that you enable pre-shared key encryption
(WEP, WPA, WPA2 or WPA2mixed).