Wireless security – Ubiquiti Networks airFibe24 User Manual

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Chapter 5: Wireless Tab

airFiber

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AF24 User Guide

Ubiquiti Networks, Inc.

RX Gain

Select the appropriate gain for your RX antenna:

High (default) or Low. If the link is very short or being
tested, select Low, so your signal does not get distorted.

Note:

Minimum link distance is approximately 100 m

(328 ft).

For links between 100 m (328 ft) and 800 m (2,625 ft):
• Target -40 dBm.
• Decrease RX Gain to overcome overload condition ( ).
• For short ranges or strong signal conditions, adjust the

power to be 3-5 dB below overload condition ( ).

• Decrease RX Gain first.
• Never mitigate overload condition ( ) by misaligning

antennas.

Link Distance

RX Gain Setting

Approximate

TX Power Setting

d > 1 km

(d > 3,281 ft)

High

> 25 dBm

0.5 km < d < 1 km

(1,640 ft < d < 3,281 ft)

Low

19-25 dBm

0.25 km < d < 0.5 km
(820 ft < d < 1,640 ft)

Low

12-18 dBm

0.1 km < d < 0.25 km

(328 ft < d < 820 ft)

Low

3-11 dBm

Wireless Security

airFiber uses 128-bit, AES (Advanced Encryption Standard)
encryption at all times.

Key Type

Specifies the character format.

HEX

By default, this option uses hexadecimal

characters. 0-9, A-F, or a-f are valid characters.

ASCII

ASCII uses the standard English alphabet and

numeric characters (0-9, A-Z, or a-z).

Key

Select the format of the MAC address.

HEX

Enter 16 bytes (eight, 16-bit HEX values). You can

omit zeroes and use colons, similar to the IPv6 format.
The default is:
0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000.

Note:

The airFiber Configuration Interface

supports IPv6 formats excluding dotted quad and
“::” (double-colon) notation.

ASCII

Enter a combination of alphanumeric characters.

Using 128-bit, SHA1 (Secure Hash Algorithm 1), airFiber
AF24 hashes the ASCII key to create a 128-bit key for AES.

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