HP ProCurve Wireless Access Point 420 - Hewlett Packard

Command Line Reference
Interface Commands
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just the unicast keys, but the broadcast keys as well. TKIP is a
replacement for WEP that removes the predictability that intruders
relied on to determine the WEP key.
• AES has been designated by the National Institute of Standards and
Technology as the successor to the Data Encryption Standard (DES)
encryption algorithm, and will be used by the U.S. government for
encrypting all sensitive, nonclassified information. Because of its
strength, and resistance to attack, AES is also being incorporated as
part of the 802.11 standard.
Example
HP420(if-wireless g)#multicast-cipher TKIP
HP420(if-wireless g)#
wpa-clients
This command defines whether Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) is required or
optionally supported for client stations.
Syntax
wpa-clients
• required - Supports only clients using WPA.
• supported - Support clients with or without WPA.
Default Setting
supported
Command Mode
Interface Configuration (Wireless)
Command Usage
Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) provides improved data encryption, which
was weak in WEP, and user authentication, which was largely missing in
WEP. WPA uses the following security mechanisms.
Enhanced Data Encryption through TKIP
WPA uses Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP). TKIP provides data
encryption enhancements including per-packet key hashing (i.e.,
changing the encryption key on each packet), a message integrity check,
an extended initialization vector with sequencing rules, and a re-keying
mechanism.