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Prestige 660H/HW Series User’s Guide
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Shared key authentication involves a four-message procedure. A wireless station sends a 
shared key authentication request to the AP, which will then reply with a challenge text 
message. The wireless station must then use the AP’s default WEP key to encrypt the 
challenge text and return it to the AP, which attempts to decrypt the message using the AP’s 
default WEP key. If the decrypted message matches the challenge text, the wireless station is 
authenticated. 
When your device authentication method is set to open system, it will only accept open system 
authentication requests. The same is true for shared key authentication. However, when it is 
set to auto authentication, the device will accept either type of authentication request and the 
device will fall back to use open authentication if the shared key does not match.
Dynamic WEP Key Exchange
The AP maps a unique key that is generated with the RADIUS server. This key expires when 
the wireless connection times out, disconnects or reauthentication times out. A new WEP key 
is generated each time reauthentication is performed.
If this feature is enabled, it is not necessary to configure a default encryption key in the 
Wireless screen. You may still configure and store keys here, but they will not be used while 
Dynamic WEP is enabled.
Note: EAP-MD5 cannot be used with Dynamic WEP Key Exchange
For added security, certificate-based authentications (EAP-TLS, EAP-TTLS and PEAP) use 
dynamic keys for data encryption. They are often deployed in corporate environments, but for 
public deployment, a simple user name and password pair is more practical. The following 
table is a comparison of the features of authentication types.
Table 142   Comparison of EAP Authentication Types
EAP-MD5
EAP-TLS
EAP-TTLS
PEAP
LEAP
Mutual Authentication
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Certificate – Client
No
Yes
Optional
Optional
No
Certificate – Server
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Dynamic Key Exchange
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Credential Integrity
None
Strong
Strong
Strong
Moderate
Deployment Difficulty
Easy
Hard
Moderate
Moderate
Moderate
Client Identity Protection
No
No
Yes
Yes
No