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802.1x

There are three essential components to the 802.1x infrastructure: (1) Supplicant, (2) Authenticator and (3)

Server.

The Router serves as an Authenticator, and the EAP methods used must be supported by the backend

Radius Server.

The 802.1x security supports both MD5 and TLS Extensive Authentication Protocol (EAP).

Please follow the steps below to configure 802.1x security.

1.

Enable 802.1x security by selecting “

Enable

”.

2. Select the

Encryption Key Length Size

ranging from 64 to 256 Bits that you would like to use.

Select the

Lifetime of the Encryption Key

from 5 Minutes to 1 Day.

As soon as the lifetime of the Encryption

Key is over, the Encryption Key will be renewed by the Radius server.

3. Enter the

IP address

of and the

Port

used by the

Primary

Radius Server

Enter the

Shared Secret

, which is used by the Radius Server.

4. Enter the

IP address

of,

Port

and

Shared Secret

used by the

Secondary

Radius Server.

Click “

Help

” to get interpretation for Encryption Key and Radius Server

5. Click “

Apply

” button for the 802.1x settings to take effect after Access Point reboots itself.

Note!

As soon as 802.1x security is enabled, all the wireless client stations that are connected to the Router

currently will be disconnected.

The wireless clients must be configured manually to authenticate themselves

with the Radius server to be reconnected.

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Status

This screen enables you to view the status of the router LAN, WAN and wireless LAN connections, and view

logs and statistics pertaining to connections and packet transfers.

The following functions are covered in this section:

•

Device Information

•

Log

•

Log Settings

•

Statistics

•

Wireless

Device Information

This screen enables you to view the router LAN, wireless LAN, and WAN configuration.

Firmware Version:

Displays the latest build of the wireless router firmware interface. After updating the firm-

ware in Tools - Firmware, check this to ensure that your firmware was successfully updated.

LAN:

This field displays the router's LAN interface MAC address, IP address, subnet mask, and DHCP server

status. Click

DHCP Table

to view a list of client stations currently connected to the router LAN interface.

Wireless:

Displays the router's wireless connection information, including the router's wireless interface MAC

address, the connection status, the SSID status, which channel is being used, and whether WEP is enabled or

not.

WAN:

This field displays the router's WAN interface MAC address, DHCP client status, IP address, subnet

mask, default gateway, and DNS.

Click

DHCP Release

to release all IP addresses assigned to client stations connected to the WAN via the

router. Click

DHCP Renew

to reassign IP addresses to client stations connected to the WAN.

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Log

This screen enables you to view a running log of router system statistics, events, and activities. The log displays

up to 200 entries. Older entries are overwritten by new entries. You can save logs via the Log Settings screen

(Send to). The Log screen commands are as follows:

•

Click

First Page

to view the first page of the log

•

Click

Last Page

to view the final page of the log

•

Click

Previous Page

to view the page just before the current page

•

Click

Next Page

to view the page just after the current page

•

Click

Clear Log

to delete the contents of the log and begin a new log

•

Click

Refresh

to renew log statistics

Time:

Displays the time and date that the log entry was created.

Message:

Displays summary information about the log entry.

Source:

Displays the source of the communication.

Destination:

Displays the destination of the communication.

Note:

Displays the IP address of the communication.

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Log Settings

This screen enables you to set router logging parameters.

SMTP Server:

Type the SMTP server address for the email that the log will be sent to in the next field.

Send to:

Type an email address for the log to be sent to. Click

Email Log Now

to immediately send the current

log.

Syslog Server:

Type the IP address of the Syslog Server if you want the router to listen and receive incoming

SysLog messages.

Log Type:

Enables you to select what items will be included in the log:

•

System Activity:

Displays information related to router operation.

•

Debug Information:

Displays information related to errors and system malfunction.

•

Attacks:

Displays information about any malicious activity on the network.

•

Dropped Packets:

Displays information about packets that have not been transferred successfully.

•

Notice:

Displays important notices by the system administrator.

Statistic

This screen displays a table that shows the rate of packet transmission via the router LAN, wireless LAN, and

WAN ports (in bytes per second).

Click

Reset

to erase all statistics and begin logging statistics again.

Utilization:

Separates packet transmission statistics into send and receive categories. Peak indicates the

maximum packet transmission recorded since logging began, while Average indicates the average of the total

packet transmission since recording began.

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Wireless

This screen enables you to view information about wireless devices that are connected to the router wireless in-

terface.

Connected Time:

Displays how long the wireless device has been connected to the LAN via the router.

MAC Address:

Displays the devices wireless LAN interface MAC address.

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