APPENDIX F WIRELESS ZERO CONFIG
SETTINGS
FWireless Zero Config Settings
Wireless Zero Config
This appendix describes how to set up your radio using Windows Wireless Zero Configuration – an alternative to the Wireless Companion.
NOTE
For details about using Wireless Companion, refer to Fusion Wireless Companion - Setting Up the
802.11a/b/g/n Radio on page 4-27 .
• In the Today screen, tap on the softkey at the bottom of the screen.
• In the Launch screen, tap on Options.
• Choose WLAN Management from the drop-down menu, and tap on Save
• Tap on the radio button next to Windows Manages WLAN, and tap on Save and OK.
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• Press and hold down the [Power] button and the [FN/BLUE] key to reset the unit.
Wireless Zero Config will be listed in the Today screen.
• Tap on Wireless Zero Config in the Today screen.
Configuring the Unit Using Wireless Zero Config
• In the Wi-Fi screen, tap on Add New....
• Type the appropriate SSID (Service Set Identifier) in the Network name: dialog box. The Network name field can contain a maximum of 32 characters.
• Choose the type of connection in the drop-down menu next to Connects to.
• Tap on Next.
• In the Configure Network Authentication screen, choose the appropriate Authentication, Data Encryp-
tion, Network key and Key index for your network. These are outlined below. Keep in mind that these options vary depending on the type of Authentication chosen.
• Authentication: Several subtypes of network authentication services are supported: Open, Shared, WPA, and WPA-PSK, WPA2 and WPA2-PSK.
• Open authentication does not provide security. When this option is chosen, the hand-held connects to wireless networks which do not use authentication or encryption.
• Under Shared authentication, each wireless station is assumed to have received a secret shared key over a secure channel that is independent from the 802.11 wireless network communications channel.
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• Under WPA and WPA-PSK authentication, the use of 802.1x authentication is required. For wireless networks without a Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service (RADIUS) infrastructure, WPA supports the use of a preshared key. For wireless networks with a RADIUS infrastructure, Extensible Authentication
Protocol (EAP) and RADIUS is supported.
• Encryption: WEP (Wired-Equivalent Privacy) encryption prevents others from accidentally accessing your network. If you are not using encryption, you can choose Disabled from the drop-down encryption menu.
Otherwise, leave this field as is.
• AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) is a standard for protecting data through encryption. AES supports key sizes of 128 bits, 192 bits and 256 bits and will serve as a replacement for the Data Encryption Standard (DES). In addition to the increased security that comes with larger key sizes, the AES algorithm is a symmetrical block cipher that can encrypt (encipher) and decrypt (decipher) information.
• TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity Protocol) uses the original WEP programming but wraps additional code at the beginning and end to encapsulate and modify it. Like WEP, TKIP uses the RC4 stream encryption algorithm as its basis. The new protocol, however, encrypts each data packet with a unique encryption key, and the keys are much stronger than those of its predecessor.
• Network Key: This field becomes available if you deselect The key is automatically provided. This text box is used to specify a 5 or 13 ASCII character sequence or an equivalent 10 or 26 Hexadecimal digit sequence that matches the active WEP key on the access point. It is set to automatically provide a key by default.
• Key Index: This field becomes available if you deselect The key is automatically provided. This field is used to identify the WEP key.
• Tap on Next to display the screen in which you can choose the EAP (Extensible Authentication Proto-
col) type.
When Use IEEE 802.1x network access control is enabled, EAP types are available in the drop-down menu.
The items will vary depending on your network setup.
Keep in mind that some authentication protocols require that you select a Certificate. By tapping on the Proper- ties button, you can select a Certificate.
• Tap on Finish when the configuration is complete.
