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Chapter 4 Advance Settings Page 23
Figure 19 802.1x Enable
802.1x Authentication:
802.1x Authentication is for WEP with RADIUS Server. When you select the 802.1x
Authentication check box, please input the RADIUS server information. IEEE 802.1x is a
standard for network access control (port based), which was introduced especially for
distributing encryption keys in a wireless network. The Access Point supports IEEE 802.1x for
keeping out unauthorized users and for verifying the credentials of users with RADIUS so that
authorized users can access the network and services. To use IEEE 802.1x, you will need at
least one common Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) method on your authentication
server, APs (authenticator) and stations (supplicant). IEEE 802.1x is also used to perform
generation and distribution of encryption keys from AP to the station as part of or after the
authentication process. A further factor here is dynamic WEP, which is based on legacy RC4
WEP encryption and is available in this Access Point under the setting for enabling IEEE
802.1x security in association with disabled Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) settings. There
are two options for the key length, i.e. 64 and 128bits. The longer the key length, the greater
security it will offer.
Authentication:
You can select Authentication to Open System, Shared Key or Auto. But when the 802.1x
Authentication check box is selected, the Authentication options will be gray out, and default
use Open System.