WFS709TP ProSafe Smart Wireless Switch Software Administration Manual
Windows Client Example Configuration for 802.1x B-3
v1.0, June 2007
5. Make sure that the option Computer-to-computer (ad hoc) networks only is not selected, then
click Close.
6. In the Wireless Networks tab, click Add to add a wireless network.
7. Click the Association tab to enter the network properties for the ESSID.
This tab configures the authentication and encryption used between the wireless client and the
WFS709TP system. Therefore, the settings for the ESSID that you configure on the client
must match the configuration for the ESSID on the WFS709TP.
• For an SSID using dynamic WEP, enter the following:
• Network Authentication: Open
• Data Encryption: WEP
• Select the option “The key is provided for me automatically”.
Each client will use a dynamically generated WEP key that is automatically derived
during the 802.1x process.
• For an SSID using WPA, enter the following:
• Network Authentication: WPA
• Data Encryption: TKIP
• For an SSID using WPA-PSK, enter the following:
• Network Authentication: WPA-PSK
• Data Encryption: TKIP
• The preshared key.
• For an SSID using WPA2, enter the following:
• Network Authentication: WPA2
• Data Encryption: AES
• For an SSID using WPA2-PSK, enter the following:
• Network Authentication: WPA2-PSK
• Data Encryption: AES
• The preshared key.
Do not select the option “This is a computer-to-computer (ad hoc) network; wireless
access points are not used”.