TP-Link manual TL-WA854RE300Mbps Universal WiFi Range Extender User Guide

TL-WA854RE300Mbps Universal WiFi Range Extender User Guide

Since the configurations are almost the same in either operation mode, here we just take that in Range Extender mode 1 for example.

Figure 4-10 Wireless Security

Operation Mode - Shows the current operation mode.

Disable Security - Check this box radio button to disable wireless security. If disabled, the wireless stations will be able to connect this device without encryption. It is strongly recommended that you choose one of the security types to enable security.

WPA/ WPA2-Personal - Select WPA based on pre-shared key.

•Version - You can select one of following versions.

1)Automatic - Select WPA-PSKor WPA2-PSKautomatically based on the wireless station's capability and request.

2)WPA-PSK - Pre-shared key of WPA.

3)WPA2-PSK - Pre-shared key of WPA2.

•Encryption - When you select WPA-PSK or WPA2-PSK for Authentication Type, you can select Automatic, TKIP or AES as Encryption.

•Wireless Password - Enter a passphrase here.

•Group Key Update Period - Specify the group key update interval in seconds. The value can be either 0 or at least 30. Enter 0 to disable the update.

WEP - Select 802.11 WEP security.

•Type - You can select one of following types.

1)Automatic - Select Shared Key or Open System authentication type automatically based on the wireless station's capability and request.

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