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Frequent rotating of these keys is recommended so that a potential hacker would not have enough data using a single key
to attack the deployed encryption scheme.
9. Define the
Fast Roaming
configuration used only with 802.1x EAP-WPA/WPA2 authentication.
802.11i can speed up the roaming process from one access point to another. Instead of doing a complete 802.1x
authentication each time a client roams between access points, 802.11i allows a client to re-use previous PMK
authentication credentials and perform a four-way handshake. This speeds up the roaming process. In addition to reusing
PMKs on previously visited access points, Opportunistic Key Caching allows multiple access points to share PMKs amongst
themselves. This allows a client to roam to an access point it has not previously visited and reuse a PMK to skip 802.1x
authentication.
10. Set the following
Advanced
for the WPA2-CCMP encryption scheme:
Unicast Rotation Interval
Define a unicast key transmission interval from 30 - 86,400 seconds. Some clients have
issues using unicast key rotation, so ensure you know which clients are impacted before
using unicast keys. This value is disabled by default.
Broadcast Rotation
Interval
When enabled, the key indices used for encrypting/decrypting broadcast traffic will be
alternatively rotated based on the defined interval. Define a broadcast key transmission
interval from 30 - 86,400 seconds. Key rotation enhances the broadcast traffic security on
the WLAN. This value is disabled by default.
NOTE:
Fast Roaming is available only when the authentication is
EAP
or
EAP-PSK
and
the selected encryption is either
TKIP
-CCMP or
WPA2-CCMP.
Pre-Authentication
Selecting this option enables an associated client to carry out an 802.1x authentication
with another access point before it roams to it. This enables a roaming client to send and
receive data sooner by not having to conduct an 802.1x authentication after roaming.
With pre-authentication, a client can perform an 802.1X authentication with other
detected access points while still connected to its current access points. When a device
roams to a neighboring access points, the device is already authenticated, thus providing
faster re-association.
Pairwise Master Key
(PMK) Caching
Pairwise Master Key
(PMK) Caching is a technique for sidestepping the need to
re-establish security each time a client roams to a different switch. Using PMK caching,
clients and switches cache the results of 802.1X authentications. Therefore, access is
much faster when a client roams back to a switch to which the client is already
authenticated.
Opportunistic Key
Caching
This option enables the access point to use a PMK derived with a client on one access
point, with the same client when it roams over to another access point. Upon roaming,
the client does not have to do 802.1x authentication and can start sending and receiving
data sooner.
TKIP Countermeasure
Hold Time
The
TKIP Countermeasure Hold Time
is the time a WLAN is disabled, if TKIP
countermeasures have been invoked on the WLAN. Use the drop-down menu to define a
value in either
Hours
(0-18),
Minutes
(0-1,092) or
Seconds
(0-65,535). The default setting
is 1 minute.
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