Digi IX20 - Page 331

Wi-Fi Configurea Wi-Fi accesspoint with personal security
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Configure a new access point
1. Select the device in Remote Manager and click Actions> Open Console, or log into the IX20
local command line as a user with full Admin access rights.
Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection
menu. Type admin to accessthe Admin CLI.
2. At the command line, type config to enter configuration mode:
> config
(config)>
3. Create a new accesspoint:
(config)> add network wifi ap new_AP
(config network wifi ap new_AP)>
New access points are enabled by default.
4. Set the SSIDfor the Wi-Fi access point. Up to 32 characters are allowed.
(config network wifi ap new_AP)> ssid my_SSID
(config network wifi ap new_AP)>
SSID broadcasting is enabled by default for new access points.
5. Set the security for the accesspoint to a personal security option:
(config network wifi ap new_AP)> encryption type value
(config network wifi ap new_AP)>
where value is one of:
n
psk: UsesWPAPersonal (PSK). All Wi-Fi clients must support WPAto be able to
authenticate.
Note When Primary Responder mode isenabled, the WPApersonal security mode is not
available. For more information about Primary Responder mode, see Differences
between standard firmware operation and Primary Responder mode.
Note If you need to configure a Wi-Fi passphrase with any non-printable ASCII
characters, you can use the wpa_passphrase tool to generate the appropriate pre-
shared key. Thewpa_passphrase command is available in the shell console of a DAL OS
Digi device. For details about the command, see the wpa_passphrase Linux command.
n
mixedpsk: Usesmixed WPA/WPA2 Personal (PSK) mode. Wi-Fi clients that support WPA
and WPA2 are able to authenticate.
Note When Primary Responder mode isenabled, the WPApersonal security mode is not
available. For more information about Primary Responder mode, see Differences
between standard firmware operation and Primary Responder mode.
n
psk2: Uses WPA2 Personal (PSK) mode. All Wi-Fi clients must support WPA2 to beable
to authenticate.