Owners manual

Management and Monitoring
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ProSAFE Dual-Band Wireless AC Access Points WAC720 and WAC730
Configure Ensemble Security With a Passphrase
By default, access points can become members of an ensemble without using
authentication. That is, when access points form an ensemble, they do not authenticate each
other. However, you can enable security for an ensemble by configuring the same
passphrase on each access point that must become a member of the ensemble. When
access points form an ensemble, they use the passphrase to authenticate each other. An
access point for which you do not configure the ensemble passphrase cannot join the
ensemble.
Using ensemble security allows you to set up more than one ensemble in the same subnet
by specifying a different passphrase for each ensemble. Implementing ensemble security
also prevents an access point from accidently joining an ensemble if the ensemble mode is
enabled on the access point.
In addition to the ensemble passphrase, you can specify the reauthentication time-out period,
which is the time after which members of an ensemble must reauthenticate each other.
 To configure security settings with a passphrase for an ensemble:
1. Open a web browser from a computer that is connected to the same network as the
access point or to the access point directly through an Ethernet cable.
For more information, see Log In to the Access Point on page 15.
2. In the address bar, enter the IP address of the access point.
A login window opens.
3. Enter the user name and password.
The user name is admin. The default password is password. The user name and
password are case-sensitive.
4. Select Configuration > Ensemble > Basic > Secured Ensemble.
5. Select the Enabled radio button.
6. Enter a passphrase between 8 and 63 characters in the passphrase field.
7. Enter a time-out period between 300 and 86400 seconds.
The default is 300 seconds.
8. Click the Apply button.
Your settings are saved.