By default, the management information transmitted on a WLAN for establishing and operating data connections is unencrypted. Anybody within a WLAN cell can receive this information, even those who are not associated with an AP. Although this does not entail any risk for encrypted data connections, the injection of fake management information could severely disturb the communications within a WLAN cell.
The IEEE 802.11w standard encrypts this management information, meaning that potential attackers can no longer interfere with the communications without the corresponding key.
Here you can specify whether the corresponding WLAN interface supports protected management frames (PMF) as per IEEE 802.11w.
- SNMP ID:
- 2.37.1.1.43
- Console path:
- Setup > WLAN-Management > AP-Configuration > Networkprofiles
- Possible values:
- No
- The WLAN interface does not support PMF. The WLAN management frames are not encrypted.
- Mandatory
- The WLAN interface supports PMF. The WLAN management frames are always encrypted. It is not possible to connect with WLAN clients that do not support PMF.
- Optional
- The WLAN interface supports PMF. Depending on the WLAN client's PMF support, the WLAN management frames are either encrypted or unencrypted.
- Default:
- No
