Figure 3-13 Encryption list
Open System:
Requires NO authentication, since it allows any device to join a network
without performing any security check. The Authentication Type default is set to “Open
System”. We recommend that you use the default setting.
Shared Key:
Requires that the station and the outdoor radio use the same WEP key to
authenticate. This basically means that WEP must be enabled and configured on both the
outdoor radio and the client with the same key. All devices on your network must use the
same authentication type.
Legacy 802.1x:
The 802.1x authentication (EAP) is designed to enhance the security of
wireless networks. The 802.1x provides an authentication framework for wireless LANs,
allowing a user to be authenticated by a central authority. For wireless LANs, it also provides
centralized, server-based authentication of end users. The standard is flexible enough to
allow multiple authentication algorithms, and because it is an open standard, multiple vendors
can innovate and offer enhancements.
For wireless LANs, the 802.1x authentication has three main components: The supplicant
(usually the client software, such as zero configuration in window XP), the authenticator
(usually the access point), and the authentication server (usually a Remote Authentication
Dial-In User Service server, although RADIUS although 802.1X does not specify it).
This function will allowed to be configured after finished setting the Radius server and disable
the WDS mode.
WPA with Radius: (Wi-Fi Protected Access):
Currently one of the highest levels of security
a wireless network can achieve. Wi-Fi Protected Access is a subset of the security
specification and has been introduced as an interim solution for most known security
weaknesses in relation to plain WEP. TKIP, the successor to WEP, includes enhancements
that eliminate the known vulnerabilities of WEP. Enterprises that already have RADIUS
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