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places Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) and the other security features of the

original IEEE 802.11 standard. The goal of WPA2 certification is to support the

additional mandatory security features of the IEEE 802.11i standard that are not

already included for products that support WPA.

FIGURE 11.

Security

In order to configure this scenario refer to Table 3.

Table 3 WPA/WPA2 parameters settings

Parameter

Description

Authentication

Choose 802.1x or Pre-shared Key to use as the au-

thentication:

• 802.1x: for the enterprise network with a RADIUS

server. Refer to Table 4 802.1x Authentication pa-

rameters.

• Pre-shared key: for the SOHO network environ-

ment without an authentication server.method.

Pre-shared key type

Select the key type to be used in the Pre-shared

Key.

Pre-shared Key

Type in the key here.

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If 802.1X is used in your network, then you should enable this function for the

VoIP Router.

FIGURE 12.

IEEE 802.1X

Please refer to the following table.

Table 4 802.1x Authentication parameters

Parameter

Description

Authentication

Choose 802.1x authentication option.

Session Idle timeout

Defines a maximum period of time for which the

connection is maintained during inactivity.

Re-Authentication period

Defines a maximum period of time for which the

authentication server will dynamically re-assign a

session key to a connected client.

Quiet Period

Defines a maximum period of time for which the

VoIP Router will wait between failed authentica-

tions.

Server IP

The IP address of your authentication server.

Server Port

The port used for the authentication service.

Secret Key

The secret key shared between the authentica-

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tion server and its clients.

NAS-ID

Defines the request identifier of the Network Ac-

cess Server.

WEP.

Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) is a shared key encryption mechanism for

wireless networking. Encryption strength is 64 bit or 128 bit.

If you want to use WEP to protect your wireless network, you need to set the

same parameters for the VoIP Router and all your wireless clients.

FIGURE 13.

WEP

In order to configure this scenario please refer to the following table.

Table 5 WEP parameters settings

Parameter

Description

WEP Mode

Select 64 bit or 128 bit key to use for encryption.

Key Entry Method

Select Hex or ASCII to use for encryption key.

Key Provisioning

Select Static if there is only one fixed key for en-

cryption. If you want to select Dynamic, you

would need to enable 802.1x function first.

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You may automatically generate encryption keys or manually enter the keys. To

generate the key automatically with passphrase, check the

Passphrase

box and

enter a string of characters.

Select the default key from the drop down menu.

Click the

SAVE SETTINGS

button.

Be aware that any configuration changes could compromise your connectivity.

To manually configure the encryption key, enter five hexadecimal pairs of digits

for the 64-bit key, or enter 13 pairs for the 128-bit key (An hexadecimal digit is a

number or letter in the range 0-9 or A-F.)

WEP protects data transmitted between wireless nodes, but does not protect any transmissions

over your wired network or over the Internet.

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STATUS

The Status screen displays WAN/LAN connection status, firmware, and hard-

ware version numbers, illegal attempts to access your network, as well as in-

formation on DHCP clients connected to your network. The security log may be

saved to a file by clicking

Save

and choosing a location.

The following information is available on the Status screen:

Table 6 Status Parameters

Parameter

Description

INTERNET

Displays WAN connection type and status.

GATEWAY

Displays system IP settings, as well as DHCP

Server and Firewall status.

INFORMATION

Displays the number of attached clients, the

firmware versions, the physical MAC address for

each media interface and for the VoIP Router, as

well as the hardware version and serial number.

ATM PVC

Displays ATM connection type and status.

FIGURE 14.

Status

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