Product Reference Guide (Supporting software release 4.4.0.0)

Brocade Mobility 5181 Access Point Product Reference Guide 135
53-1002516-01
Enabling authentication and encryption schemes
6
5. Enable and configure an Encryption option if necessary for the target security policy.
6. Click Apply to keep changes made within the New Security Policy screen (if any).
Configure encryption or authentication supported security policies by referring to the following:
Mobility 5181 Access Point authentication:
• To create a security policy supporting Kerberos, see, “Configuring Kerberos
authentication” on page 136.
• To define a security policy supporting 802.1x EAP, see “Configuring 802.1x EAP
authentication” on page 137.
Mobility 5181 Access Point encryption:
• To create a security policy supporting WEP, see “Configuring WEP encryption” on
page 140.
• To define a security policy supporting KeyGuard, see, “Configuring KeyGuard encryption”
on page 141.
• To configure a security policy supporting WPA/TKIP, see “Configuring WPA/WPA2 using
TKIP” on page 142.
• To create a security policy supporting WPA2/CCMP, see “Configuring WPA2-CCMP
(802.11i)” on page 144.
1. Click Cancel to return to the target WLAN screen without keeping any of the changes made
within the New Security Policy screen.
Manually Pre-Shared
Key / No
Authentication
Select this button to disable authentication. This is the default
value for the Authentication field.
Kerberos Select the Kerberos button to display the Kerberos Configuration
field within the New Security Policy screen.
802.1x EAP Select the 802.1x EAP button to display the 802.1x EAP Settings
field within the New Security Policy screen.
No Encryption If No Encryption is selected, encryption is disabled for the security
policy. If security is not an issue, this setting avoids the overhead
an encryption protocol causes on the
Mobility 5181 Access
Point
. No Encryption is the default value for the Encryption field.
WEP 64 (40-bit key) Select the WEP 64 (40 bit key) button to display the WEP 64
Settings field within the New Security Policy screen..
WEP 128 (104-bit key) Select the WEP 128 (104 bit key) button to display the WEP 128
Settings field within the New Security Policy screen. .
KeyGuard Select the KeyGuard button to display the KeyGuard Settings field
within the New Security Policy screen.
WPA/WPA2 TKIP Select the WPA/WPA2 TKIP button to display the WPA/TKIP
Settings field within the New Security Policy screen.
WPA2/CCMP (802.11i) Select the WPA2/CCMP (802.11) button to display the
WPA2/CCMP Settings field within the New Security Policy screen.