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Psion Teklogix 9160 Wireless Gateway User Manual C-29
Appendix C: Configuring Security Settings On Wireless Clients
Configuring WPA/WPA2 Personal (PSK) Security On A Client
Click OK on the Wireless Network Properties dialog to close it and save your changes.
Connecting To The Wireless Network With A WPA-PSK Client
WPA-PSK clients should now be able to associate and authenticate with the access
point. As a client, you will not be prompted for a key. The TKIP or AES key you
configured on the client security settings is automatically used when you connect.
Network Authentication
WPA-PSK
Data Encryption
TKIP
or
AES
depending on how this option is configured on the access point.
Note: When the Cipher Suite on the access point is set to “Both”, then TKIP cli-
ents with a valid TKIP key and AES clients with a valid CCMP (AES) key
can associate with the access point. For more information, see Online Help
on the access point.
Network Key
Provide the key you entered on the access point Security settings for the cipher suite you
are using.
For example, if the key on the access point is set to use a TKIP key of “012345678”, then a
TKIP client specify this same string as the network key.
The key is provided for
me automatically
This box should be disabled automatically based on other settings.
Table C.16 Association Settings
Enable IEEE 802.1x authentication
for this network
Make sure that IEEE 802.1x authentication is
disabled
(unchecked).
(Setting the encryption mode to WEP should automatically disable authentication.)
Table C.17 Authentication Settings