Operating the MT2070/MT2090 2 - 39
Security Mode
Use the Security Mode dialog to configure the Security and Authentication methods. If Ad-Hoc mode is selected,
this dialog is not available and authentication is set to None by default.
Select the security mode from the Security Mode drop-down list. The selection chosen affects the availability of
other choices for Authentication Type and Encryption methods.
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LEGACY (Pre-WPA): This mode allows the user to configure protocols not available in the other Security
Mode selections: Open authentication / encryption; Open authentication with WEP 40
or WEP 128; and 802.1X authentications that use WEP128 Encryption.
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WPA-Personal: This mode allows the user to configure a WPA-TKIP-PSK protocol.
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WPA2-Personal This mode allows the user to configure WPA2-PSK protocols with the Advanced
Encryption Standard (AES) encryption method.
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WPA-Enterprise: This mode allows the user to configure profiles with 802.1X Authentication that uses
WPA and TKIP encryption method.
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WPA2-Enterprise: This mode allows the user to configure profiles with 802.1X Authentication that uses
WPA2 with AES encryption method.
Table 2-7
Security Modes
Security Mode
Authentication
Types
Encryption Types Pass-phrase/Hexkey Configuration
Legacy (Pre-WPA) None,
EAP-TLS,
EAP-FAST,
PEAP,
LEAP,
TTLS
Open,
WEP-40 (40/24),
WEP-104 (104/24),
TKIP,
AES
Enabled. User input required with pass-phrase/hex key
configuration.
WPA - Personal None TKIP Enabled. User input required with pass-phrase/hex key
configuration.
WPA2 - Personal None AES Enabled. User input required with pass-phrase/hex key
configuration.
WPA - Enterprise EAP-TLS,
EAP-FAST,
PEAP,
LEAP,
TTLS
TKIP Disabled. No user input required for encryption key.
WPA2 - Enterprise EAP-TLS,
EAP-FAST,
PEAP,
LEAP,
TTLS
AES Disabled. No user input required for encryption key.