E-EQ-VX6RG-J VX6 Reference Guide
Chapter 5 Wireless Network Configuration
Introduction
The VX6 computer may have a Summit, Cisco or Symbol radio. The Summit radio is either an
802.11b/g radio or an 802.11a/b/g radio. The Cisco and Symbol radios are 802.11b radios. The
radio can be configured for no encryption, WEP encryption or WPA security (N/A with Symbol
radio).
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.
Radio Type
Security Options
Supported
Summit
802.11b/g
Summit
802.11a/b/g
Cisco Symbol
None Yes Yes Yes Yes
WEP Yes Yes Yes Yes
LEAP Yes Yes Yes Yes
WPA-PSK Yes Yes Yes No
WPA/LEAP Yes Yes Yes No
PEAP-MSCHAP Yes Yes Yes No
PEAP-GTC Yes Yes Yes No
EAP-TLS Yes Yes No No
EAP-FAST Yes Yes No No
Radio Availability
The Summit 802.11a/b/g radio is available only with Windows CE 5.0.
The Summit 802.11b/g radio is available with Windows CE .NET or CE 5.0.
The Cisco radio is available only with Windows CE .NET.
The Symbol radio is available only with Windows CE .NET.
Note: The Cisco and Summit radios are obsolete. Information on these radios is provided as a
courtesy to LXE’s customer.
