Roger Sohn

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:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/wireless/ps4570/products_configuration_example09186a00801c40b6.shtml