Wireless/Redundant Edge Services xl Module Management and Configuration Guide WS.01.03 or greater

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Introduction
ProCurve Wireless Edge Services xl Module
A Wireless Edge Services xl Module supports three types of authentication:
■ 802.1X authentication
■ Web authentication
■ MAC authentication (filters)
Alternatively, the module can allow stations to connect to a WLAN without
authenticating themselves.
The first two authentication types are implemented as part of a WLAN’s
settings. You can enable different types of authentication on different WLANs,
but each WLAN can only use one of these two forms of authentication.
On the other hand, you configure MAC authentication globally, applying the
filters to a WLAN in addition to any other form of authentication used on that
WLAN.
Depending on its authentication method, a WLAN on the ProCurve Wireless
Edge Services xl Module can use one of the following encryption standards:
■ Wired Equivalency Protocol (WEP), 64-bit or 128-bit
■ Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA)/WPA2 with Temporal Key Identity Protocol
(TKIP)
■ WPA2 with Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)
■ WPA/WPA2 with both TKIP and AES (802.11i Mixed Mode)
Table 1-2 shows which encryption options are available with each authentica-
tion option.