Dec 09
Steps to configure WPA on a Cisco Aironet 1100, 1200, 1230, 1240 Series Access Points
Please follow these steps on GUI:
- Open the GUI of the Access Point.
- Go to Security Encryption Manager.
- Select Cipher and choose TKIP from the list.
- Set encryption key 2 as transmit key. (Don’t put any key there)
- Click Apply.
- Select SSID Manager.
- Select SSID and scroll down to “Client Authenticated Key Management”
- Select Key Management to Mandatory and check WPA box.
- Write down the WPA-PSK key
- Scroll down and click Apply.
Commands to enable WPA through CLI:
AP(config)#interface dot11Radio 0
AP(config-if)#encryption mode ciphers tkip
AP(config-if)#ssid ssid_name
AP(config-if-ssid)#authentication open
AP(config-if-ssid)#authentication key-management wpa
AP(config-if-ssid)#wpa-psk ascii pre-shared_key
Please see the following document for further details: