E-EQ-MX3RFIDRG-A MX3-RFID Reference Guide
Chapter 4 Wireless Network Configuration
Introduction
The MX3-RFID offers a choice of Cisco or Summit clients. The radios are 802.11b/g radios. The
radio can be configured for no encryption, WEP encryption or WPA security protocols.
Certificates are necessary for many of the WPA authentications. Please refer to the “Certificates”
section at the end of this chapter for more information on generating and installing certificates.
Please refer to the table below for the security options supported for each radio type.
Type
Security Options Supported
Summit Client Cisco Client
None Yes Yes
WEP Yes Yes
LEAP Yes Yes
WPA-PSK Yes Yes
WPA/LEAP Yes Yes
PEAP-MSCHAP Yes Yes
PEAP-GTC No Yes
EAP-TLS No Yes
Prerequisites
• Network SSID or ESSID number of the Access Point
• WEP or LEAP Authentication Protocol Keys
• The Summit profile settings for Auth Type, EAP Type and Encryption depend on the
security option chosen.
Please refer to the “LXE Security Primer” to prepare the Authentication Server
and Access Point for MX3-RFID communication. It is available on the LXE
Manuals CD and the LXE ServicePass website.
It is important that all dates are correct on CE computers when using any type
of certificate. Certificates are date sensitive and if the date is not correct
authentication will fail.
