Enterasys RoamAbout RBT-4102 - Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP); Using Web Management to Configure Security Settings

Security
RoamAbout RBT-4102 Wireless Access Point Configuration Guide 4-75
Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP)
WEPprovidesabasiclevelofsecurity,preventingunauthorizedaccesstothenetworkand
encryptingdatatransmittedbetweenwirelessclientsandtheaccesspoint.WEPusesstaticshared
keys(fixed‐lengthhexadecimaloralphanumericstrings)thataremanuallydistributedtoall
clientsthatwanttousethenetwork.
WEPisthe
securityprotocolinitiallyspecifiedintheIEEE802.11standardforwireless
communications.Formorerobustwirelesssecurity,theRBT‐41 02providesWi‐FiProtectedAccess
(WPA)andAESforimproveddataencryptionanduserauthentication.
SettingupsharedkeysenablesthebasicIEEE802.11WiredEquivalentPrivacy(WEP)onthe
access
pointtopreventunauthorizedaccesstothenetwork.
IfyouchoosetouseWEPsharedkeysinsteadofanopensystem,besuretodefineatleastone
staticWEPkeyforuserauthenticationanddataencryption.Also,besurethatthe WEPshared
keysarethesameforeachclient
inthewirelessnetwork.
Using Web Management to Configure Security Settings
ClickonSecurityinthemenuunderthetypeofinterface(802.11aor802.11b/g)thatyouwantto
configure.
• StaticsKeySettings specifyup tofourstaticWEPencryptionkeysthatclientsmayusewith
eitherthedefaultinterfaceoraVAPassociatedwiththisradio
.