SMC Networks SMCWUSBS-N manual AP Mode Configuration

AP Mode Configuration

Use Mac Address — Click the button to display the physical layer address of the access point.

Security Setting — Configure the authentication and encryption.

•Authentication Type – Selects the wireless security mechanism for the network.

-Open – Accepts any client attempting to connect to the access point without verifying its identity.

-Shared – Uses Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) to verify client identity by distributing a shared key to clients.

-WPA-PSK– Use pre-shared key authentication for WPA-compliant clients.

-WPA2-PSK– Use pre-shared key authentication for WPA2-compliant clients.

-WPA-PSK /WPA2-PSK– Use pre-shared key authentication for WPA- and WPA2-compliant clients when they coexist in the same network.

•Encryption Type – Selects the encryption cipher to use for multicast and unicast data traffic.

-Not Use – No encryption is used.

-WEP – Uses WEP shared keys.

-TKIP – Uses TKIP keys for both multicast and unicast encryption..

-AES – Uses AES keys for both multicast and unicast encryption.

-Both – Uses TKIP for the multicast cipher and TKIP or AES for the unicast cipher depending on the capability of associated clients.

•Pre-shared Key – Enter a key as an easy-to-remember form of letters and numbers. The key must be from 8 to 32 characters, which can include spaces. All wireless clients must be configured with the same key to communicate with the access point.

•Group Rekey Interval – Enter the group key renewal time. This feature is only avaliable when WPA-PSK encryption is used.

•WEP Key – Only avaliable when WEP encryption is selected. Standard keys are either 5 or 13 alpanumeric characters; or 10 or 32 hexadecimal digits. Check the Show Password box to display password characters as you type instead of asterisks.

Click OK to confirm the configuration or click Cancel to cancel the settings.

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