TP-Link TD-W8900GB manual Wireless Security, WEP Encryption

TD-W8900GB54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide

¾Region: Restrict the channel set and transmit power. Click "Apply" to configure the basic wireless options.

5.5.2Wireless – Security

Choose “Wireless”Æ”Security”, you will see the screen of Wireless-Securitysettings shown as below.

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This page allows you to configure security features of the wireless LAN interface. You can set the network authentication method, selecting data encryption, specify whether a network key is required to authenticate to this wireless network and specify the encryption strength.

¾Network Authentication: Select an authentication type from the drop-down list. Options

available are: Open, Shared, WPA, WPA-PSK, WPA2, WPA2-PSK, Mixed WPA2/WPA, and Mixed WPA2/WPA-PSK.

)Note:

For most users, it is recommended to use the default Wireless LAN Performance settings. Any changes made to these settings may adversely affect your wireless network. Under certain circumstances, changes may benefit performance. Carefully consider and evaluate any changes to these wireless settings.

5.5.2.1. WEP Encryption

WEP is a basic encryption method offering three levels of encryption, 152-bit is stronger than 64-bit and 128-bit encryption. If you select enable from the drop-down list of WEP Encryption, you will see the screen shown as below.

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