ADVANCED SETUP
To manually configure the encryption key, enter five hexadecimal pairs of digits for each 64-bit key, or enter 13 pairs for the single 128-bit key.
(A hexadecimal digit is a number or letter in the range 0-9 or A-F.) Note that WEP protects data transmitted between wireless nodes, but does not protect any transmissions over your wired network or over the Internet.
WPA
Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) combines temporal key integrity protocol (TKIP) and 802.1x mechanisms. It provides dynamic key encryption and
802.1x authentication service.
Parameter | Description |
| |
Cypher suite | The security mechanism used in WPA for encryption. |
Authentication | Choose 802.1X or Pre-shared Key to use as the |
| authentication method. |
| •802.1X: for the enterprise network with a RADIUS server. |
| •Pre-shared key: for the SOHO network environment |
| without an authentication server. |
Pre-shared key type | Select the key type to be used in the Pre-shared Key. |
Pre-shared Key | Type in the key here. |
Group Key Re-Keying The period of renewing broadcast/multicast key.