LANCOM Wireless DSL – LANCOM Wireless ADSL
Chapter 8: Security settings
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8.1.5
802.1x / EAP
The international industry standard IEEE 802.1x and the
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xtensible
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uthenti-
cation
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rotocol (EAP) enables the realization of reliable and secure access
controls for base stations. The access data is centrally administered on a
RADIUS server then, and can be retrieved by the base station if required.
Standard WEP encryption
As of LCOS version 4.0, WEP128 encryption is activated for every uncon-
figured device as standard.
The key consists of the first letter “L” followed by the LAN MAC address of
the access point in ASCII characters. The LAN MAC addresses of the
LANCOM devices always begin with the character string “00A057”. You
will find the LAN MAC address on a sticker on the base of the device.
Only
use the number labeled as “MAC address” that starts with “00A057”. The
other numbers that may be found are
not
the LAN MAC address!
A device with the LAN MAC address “00A0570FB9BF” thus has a standard
WEP key of “L00A0570FB9BF”. This key is entered into the 'Private WEP
settings' of the device for each logical WLAN network as 'Key 1'.
To use a WLAN adapter to establish a connection to a new LANCOM
access point, the WEP128 encryption must be activated for the WLAN
adapter and the standard 13-character WEP key entered.
Note that a reset also causes the WLAN key settings to be lost
from the device and the standard WEP key comes into effect
again. WLAN access can only work after a reset if the standard
WEP key is programmed into the WLAN adapter as well.
