Wireless Configuration and Security
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ProSafe Dual Band Wireless-N Access Point WNDAP360
• WPA and WPA-PSK (TKIP). Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) data encryption provides
strong data security with Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP) encryption. The very
strong authentication along with dynamic per frame rekeying of WPA make it virtually
impossible to compromise.
WPA uses RADIUS-based 802.1x authentication; for more information, see Configure
and Enable Security Profiles on p
age 42 and Configure WPA with RADIUS, WPA2 with
RADIUS, and WPA & WPA2 with RADIUS on p
age 49.
WPA-PSK uses a pre-shared key (PSK) for authentication; for more information, see
Configure and Enable Security Profiles on
page 42 and Configure WPA-PSK,
WPA2-PSK, and WPA-PSK & WPA2-PSK on
page 50.
• WP
A2 and WPA2-PSK (AES). Wi-Fi Protected Access version 2 (WPA2) data encryption
provides strong data security with Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) encryption. The
very strong authentication along with dynamic per frame rekeying of WPA2 make it
virtually impossible to compromise.
WPA2 uses RADIUS-based 802.1x authentication; for more information, see Configure
and Enable Security Profiles on p
age 42 and Configure WPA with RADIUS, WPA2 with
RADIUS, and WPA & WPA2 with RADIUS on p
age 49.
WPA2-PSK uses a pre-shared key (PSK) for authentication; for more information, see
Configure and Enable Security Profiles on
page 42 and Configure WPA-PSK,
WPA2-PSK, and WPA-PSK & WPA2-PSK on
page 50.
• WP
A & WPA2 and WPA-PSK & WPA2-PSK mixed modes. These modes support data
encryption either with both WPA and WPA2 clients or with both WPA-PSK and
WPA2-PSK clients and provide the most reliable security.
WPA & WPA2 uses RADIUS-based 802.1x authentication; for more information, see
Configure and Enable Security Profiles on
page 42 and Configure WPA with RADIUS,
WPA2 with RADIUS, and WPA & WPA2 with RADIUS on p
age 49.
WPA-PSK & WPA2-PSK uses a pre-shared key (PSK
) for authentication; for more
information, see Configure and Enable Security Profiles on p
age 42 and Configure
WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK, and WPA-PSK & WPA2-PSK on p
age 50.
Security Profiles
Security profiles let you configure unique security settings for each SSID on each radio of the
wireless access point. For each radio, the wireless access point supports up to eight security
profiles (BSSIDs) that you can configure on the individual Edit Wireless Network screens that
are accessible from the Edit Security Profile screen (see Configure and Enable Security
Profiles o
n page 42).
To set up a security profile, select its network a
uthentication type, data encryption, wireless
client security separation, and VLAN ID:
• Network authe
ntication
The wireless access point is set by default a
s an open system with no authentication.