User's Manual Part 3

Access / One

Network

112 Managing the Network

◗ Self-Tuning Policy

You can instruct the system to Never Switch during its self-tuning process, or

establish a Switching Frequency (with 5 possible frequency states between

stable and aggressive). When background scanning is completed, the self-

tuning system determines the best potential client, based on RTD/RSSI scores

and threshold values obtained during the scanning process. Threshold values

become more critical when two Client Connects are very close with their

scores. Normally, this can cause bouncing between the two Client Connects,

but Access/One Network eliminates the bouncing effect by allowing you to

move the threshold switching frequency from aggressive to stable.

◗ Background Scan Interval

Enter a value in this field (in milliseconds) to define the interval between

background scans. The default is 5000 milliseconds.

◗ Network Connect Security Key

To protect wireless stations associated with each node, your Access/One

Network provides WEP and AES ciphers for encryption and 802.1x remote

authentication. The inter-node Network Connect wireless uplink is protected

with an AES static key to prevent eavesdropping. The factory configured

default key is hidden from view to retain secrecy for a basic network, but this

key can be changed and each network can have its own unique key.

The Network Connect solution for Access/One Network prevents

unauthorized wireless connections from being established to the network by

blocking user traffic in the following two scenarios:

• If the Network Connect is configured for the default network name

(AccessOne), Manager/One forces the administrator to approve/admit the

node to the network before user traffic is bridged to the network.

• If the two nodes that are wirelessly connected (via the uplink) have

different Network Connect security keys configured. However, if the

Allow Strix default key option is enabled then a Network Connect using

the default security key can still connect with a network using a non-

default security key.