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Can the Cisco AIR-AP 521G (standalone) access point be configured using WPA security without the use of an external radius server?

Asked by: ewolfram

I am tasked with changing several existing standalone Cisco 500-series 521AG wireless access points from WEP to something thought of to be more secure.  While local WEP encryption is relatively straightforward using the GUI, WPA configuration is not.  

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2009-10-21 at 08:31:22ID24830983
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Cisco Wireless

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521AG

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Cisco Small Business

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WPA

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Wireless Application Protocol (WAP)

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802.11 Wireless Access Points

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Wireless Local Area Network

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Answers

 

by: jodylemoinePosted on 2009-10-21 at 10:01:39ID: 25625922

Are you just wanting to do WPA-PSK?  If so, the 521G should be able to handle it without difficulty.  A sample of the configuration required would be as follows:

dot11 vlan-name SSID-Name vlan 1
!
dot11 ssid SSID-Name
   vlan 1
   authentication open
   authentication key-management wpa
   guest-mode
   wpa-psk ascii 0 Your-Pre-Shared-Key
!
bridge irb
!
interface Dot11Radio0
 no ip address
 no ip route-cache
 !
 encryption vlan 1 mode ciphers tkip
 !
 broadcast-key vlan 1 change 300
 !
 ssid SSID-Name
 !
 speed basic-1.0 basic-2.0 basic-5.5 6.0 9.0 basic-11.0 12.0 18.0 24.0 36.0 48.0 54.0
 station-role root
!
interface Dot11Radio0.1
 encapsulation dot1Q 1 native
 no ip route-cache
 bridge-group 1
!
interface FastEthernet0
 no ip address
 no ip route-cache
!
interface FastEthernet0.1
 encapsulation dot1Q 1 native
 no ip route-cache
 bridge-group 1
!
interface BVI1
 ip address x.x.x.x y.y.y.y
 no ip route-cache
!
bridge 1 route ip

Replace x.x.x.x with your AP's IP address and y.y.y.y with your AP's subnet mask.

 

by: vlandiPosted on 2010-12-09 at 04:06:07ID: 34309372

If you want to set it up via GUI it should be similar to this explained for Cisco 1130 AP
http://www.danpol.net/cisco/files/ap/eng_ap1130ag_wpa2.pdf

regards,

Greg

 

by: erniebeekPosted on 2012-01-17 at 00:27:24ID: 37472004

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