Chapter 19 AP Profile
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The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Table 127 Configuration > Object > AP Profile > SSID > Security Profile > Add/Edit Security Profile
LABEL DESCRIPTION
General Settings
Profile Name Enter up to 31 alphanumeric characters for the profile name. This name is only visible in the
Web Configurator and is only for management purposes. Spaces and underscores are
allowed.
Security Mode Select a security mode from the list: open, enhanced open, wep, wpa2, wpa2-mix, or wpa3.
enhanced open uses Opportunistic Wireless Encryption (OWE) which encrypts the wireless
connection when possible.
Authentication Settings
Enterprise Select this to integrate back-end authentication with a RADIUS server.
Auth. Method This field is available only when you set the RADIUS server type to Internal.
Select an authentication method if you have created any in the Configuration > Object >
Auth. Method screen.
Reauthentication
Timer
Enter the interval (in seconds) between authentication requests. Enter a 0 for unlimited
requests.
Idle Timeout Enter the idle interval (in seconds) that a client can be idle before authentication is
discontinued.
Authentication Type Select a WEP authentication method. Choices are Open or Share key.
Key Length Select the bit-length of the encryption key to be used in WEP connections.
If you select WEP-64:
• Enter 10 hexadecimal digits in the range of “A-F”, “a-f” and “0-9” (for example,
0x11AA22BB33) for each Key used.
or
• Enter 5 ASCII characters (case sensitive) ranging from “a-z”, “A-Z” and “0-9” (for
example, MyKey) for each Key used.
If you select WEP-128:
• Enter 26 hexadecimal digits in the range of “A-F”, “a-f” and “0-9” (for example,
0x00112233445566778899AABBCC) for each Key used.
or
• Enter 13 ASCII characters (case sensitive) ranging from “a-z”, “A-Z” and “0-9” (for
example, MyKey12345678) for each Key used.
Key 1~4 Based on your Key Length selection, enter the appropriate length hexadecimal or ASCII key.
Personal Select this option to use a Pre-Shared Key (PSK) with WPA2 encryption or Simultaneous
Authentication of Equals (SAE) with WPA3 encryption.
Pre-Shared Key Enter a pre-shared key of between 8 and 63 case-sensitive ASCII characters (including
spaces and symbols) or 64 hexadecimal characters.
Transition Mode Enable this for backwards compatibility. This option is only available if the Security Mode is
wpa3 or enhanced open. This creates two virtual APs (VAPs) with a primary (WPA3 or
enhanced open) and fallback (WPA2 or open) security method.
If Security Mode is wpa3, enabling this will force Management Frame Protection to be set to
Optional. If this is disabled or if the Security Mode is enhanced open, Management Frame
Protection will be set to Required.
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