Advanced Wi-Fi Radio Settings And Security; Modifying The Channel Settings; Changing The Roaming Settings; Enabling Protected Management Frame (Pmf) Or Akm With Sha256 Key Derivation - Honeywell Dolphin 75E User Manual

Advanced Wi-Fi Radio Settings and Security

The Wi-Fi Radio Settings network utility provides several options for advanced configuration of the Wi-Fi 802.11 radio in the
terminal.

Modifying the Channel Settings

If you want to manually select the channel(s) the 802.11 radio uses:
1. In the Apps list, touch Settings
2. Select Wi-Fi Radio Settings.
3. Touch Channel Settings, and then swipe left or right to view the channels available under the 2.5GHz, 5GHz, and DFS
bands.
4. Select the box next to a channel to enable (check) or disable (no check) the channel for Wi-Fi use.
5. Touch save .

Changing the Roaming Settings

By default roaming is enabled for the 802.11 radio. When enabled, the Wi-Fi radio automatically roams from one access
point to another as needed to provide seamless connectivity.
To turn off Wi-fi roaming capabilities On or Off:
1. In the Apps list, touch Settings
2. Select Wi-Fi Radio Settings.
3. Touch Roaming Settings.
4. Touch the Roaming check box to turn roaming On (checked) or Off (not checked).
5. If enabling roaming, you have to option to set Threshold (-dBM), AP Diff (dBm) and the Roam Scan period (ms)
values.
6. Touch save .

Enabling Protected Management Frame (PMF) or AKM with SHA256 Key Derivation

The Dolphin 75e supports AP Protected Management Frame (802.11w) authentication and encryption technology for data
communication, which adds protection against attacks targeted for wireless management frames. You can configure the
radio to restrict access to APs that meet the PMF standard and enable AKM with SHA256 Key Derivation for added
security.
To change the Wi-Fi Radio settings:
1. In the Apps list, touch Settings
2. Select Wi-Fi Radio Settings under the extras heading.
3. Touch PMF Settings.
4. Modify the following settings to meet your security needs:
• Check the PMF Enabled box to turn On WLAN data communication using Protected Management Frame standards.
The default setting for this option is On (checked).
• Check the PMF Require box to restrict AP selection for WLAN data communication to APs that meet PMF standards.
The default setting for this option is Off (no check).
• Check the AKM with SHA256 Key Derivation box to use HMAC-SHA256 as the Authentication and Key
Management (AKM) suite to protect security. The default setting for this option is Off (no check).
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