User's Manual

LAN-Express IEEE 802.11 Wireless Adapter User Guide
Chapter 4 Wireless Client Utility Configuration 31
Choose the security setting that matches the wireless network you want the card to connect to.
If you select WPA or 802.1x, a drop-down menu to the right of the selection becomes
available to allow you for additional configuration settings required by the selected security
mode.
Click Advanced if you want to configure the advanced parameters (see 4-3-3 Advanced
Settings in Profile Management for details).
Click OK to save the profile.
4-3-2 Security Settings under Profile Management Mode
The Security tab allows you to configure the LAN-Express IEEE 802.11 Wireless Adapter to
match the security settings of the Wireless LAN network. Refer to Figure 4-9 for an example.
Select the appropriate security mode:
WPA – Wi-Fi Protected Access mode allows for the authentication and interoperability with
enterprise class WPA enabled networks. This feature allows for authentication with networks
that support the EAP-TLS or PEAP Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) types.
WPA-PSK – Wi-Fi Protected Access, Pre-Shared Key mode allows you to use WPA style
authentication and encryption in a network that does not support EAP/802.1x authentication.
802.1x - This security mode allows the authentication of the user and/or the station to create a
dynamic Wired Equivalent Key (WEP) key. LEAP authentication with a Cisco network
infrastructure is included in this mode selection. Other EAP types supported by this mode are
EAP-TLS and PEAP.
Pre-Shared Key - This mode is commonly referred to as IEEE 802.11 Wired Equivalent
Privacy (WEP) encryption.