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ZyXEL G-1000 v2 User’s Guide
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Chapter 14 System Security
The following table describes the fields in this menu.
Table 47 Menu 23.4 System Security: IEEE802.1x
FIELD
DESCRIPTION
Wireless Port Control Press [SPACE BAR] and select a security mode for the wireless LAN access.
Select No Authentication Required to allow any wireless stations access to
your wired network without entering usernames and passwords. This is the
default setting.
Selecting Authentication Required means wireless stations have to enter
Selecting Authentication Required means wireless stations have to enter
usernames and passwords before access to the wired network is allowed.
Select No Access Allowed to block all wireless stations access to the wired
Select No Access Allowed to block all wireless stations access to the wired
network.
The following fields are not available when you select No Authentication
The following fields are not available when you select No Authentication
Required or No Access Allowed.
ReAuthentication
Timer (in second)
Specify how often a client has to re-enter username and password to stay
connected to the wired network.
This field is activated only when you select Authentication Required in the
This field is activated only when you select Authentication Required in the
Wireless Port Control field. Enter a time interval between 10 and 9999 (in
seconds). The default time interval is 1800 seconds (or 30 minutes).
Idle Timeout (in
second)
The G-1000 v2 automatically disconnects a client from the wired network after a
period of inactivity. The client needs to enter the username and password again
before access to the wired network is allowed.
This field is activated only when you select Authentication Required in the
This field is activated only when you select Authentication Required in the
Wireless Port Control field. The default time interval is 3600 seconds (or 1
hour).
Key Management
Protocol
Press [SPACE BAR] to select 802.1x, WPA or WPA-PSK and press [ENTER].
Dynamic WEP Key
Exchange
This field is activated only when you select Authentication Required in the
Wireless Port Control field. Also set the Authentication Databases field to
RADIUS Only. Local user database may not be used.
Select Disable to allow wireless stations to communicate with the access
Select Disable to allow wireless stations to communicate with the access
points without using dynamic WEP key exchange.
Select 64-bit WEP or 128-bit WEP to enable data encryption.
Up to 32 stations can access the G-1000 v2 when you configure dynamic WEP
Select 64-bit WEP or 128-bit WEP to enable data encryption.
Up to 32 stations can access the G-1000 v2 when you configure dynamic WEP
key exchange.
PSK
Type a pre-shared key from 8 to 63 case-sensitive ASCII characters (including
spaces and symbols) when you select WPA-PSK in the Key Management
Protocol field.
WPA Mixed Mode
Select Enable to activate WPA mixed mode. Otherwise, select Disable and
configure Data Privacy for Broadcast/Multicast packets field.
WPA Broadcast/
Multicast Key Update
Timer
The WPA Broadcast/Multicast Key Update Timer is the rate at which the AP
(if using WPA-PSK key management) or RADIUS server (if using WPA key
management) sends a new group key out to all clients. The re-keying process
is the WPA equivalent of automatically changing the WEP key for an AP and all
stations in a WLAN on a periodic basis. Setting of the WPA Broadcast/
Multicast Key Update Timer is also supported in WPA-PSK mode.