Security and authentication
10.2 WLAN
SCALANCE W760/W720 to IEEE 802.11n Command Line Interface
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vap security wpa-psk-passphrase (access point)
Description
With this command, you store the WPA(2) key that is used in WPA-PSK and WPA2-PSK
authentication.
Note
The key can be 8 to 63 ASCII characters or exactly 64 hexadecimal
characters long. It
should be selected so that is complex for example consisting of random numbers, letters
(upper
-/lowercase), have few repetitions and special characters. Do not use known names,
words or terms that could be guessed. If a device is lost o
r if the key becomes known, the
key should be changed on all devices to maintain security.
Note
This command is available only in access point mode.
● WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK or WPA(2)-PSK auto is set for the type of authentication.
You are in the Interface Configuration mode of the VAP interface.
The command prompt is as follows:
cli (config-if-vapX-0-Y)#
Call up the command with the following parameters:
vap security wpa-psk-passphrase <string>
The parameter has the following meaning:
Values or range of values
8....63 ASCII or exactly 64 hex
A WPA(2) key is specified.
You display the settings with the show wlan security <vapX 0/Y> command.