HP 420

Wireless Security Configuration
Wireless Security Overview
Configuring Encryption in the HP ProCurve Wireless Access Point 420
Encryption Methods and SSID Interface Level Commands*** Additional Notes
Process Requirements
WEP Static ONLY
1. Define MAC
authentication method
2. Configure Security Suite
wizard option 2
(encryption only) or as
shared-key (includes
authentication)
3. Configure key
mac-authentication server remote**
WEP supported
OR
client required.
mac-authentication server local
OR
no mac-authentication server
security-suite 2
OR
security-suite shared-key
transmit-key-wep <1 | 2 | 3 | 4> <64 | 128 | 152>
<ASCII | HEX> <key>
Requires manual
key management.
Encryption index,
length and type
configured in the
access point must
match those config-
ured in the clients.
* The AP 420 supports the following Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) methods: MD5, TLS, TTLS and PEAP
** Please refer to the table “Configuring MAC Authentication in the HP ProCurve Wireless Access Point 420"
*** To start, the access point is in the factory default configuration.
Conventions used:
Vertical bars separate alternative, mutually exclusive elements ( | ).
Braces enclose required elements ( < > ).
Italics indicate variables for which the user must supply a value when executing the command.
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