Security

The next screen is the Wireless – Security screen, which allows you to select the network authentication method and to enable or disable WEP encryption. Note that depending on the network authentication that is selected, the screen will change accordingly so that additional fields can be configured for the specific authentication method.

Network authentication methods include the following:

•Open— Anyone can access the network. The default is a disabled WEP encryption setting.

•Shared— WEP encryption is enabled and encryption key strength of 64-bit or 128-bit needs to be selected. Click on Set Encryption Keys to manually set the network encryption keys. Up to 4 different keys can be set and you can come back to select which one to use at anytime.

•802.1X— Requires mutual authentication between a client station and the router by including a RADIUS-based authentication server. Information about the RADIUS server such as its IP address, port and key must be entered. WEP encryption is also enabled and the encryption strength must also be selected.

•WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access)— Usually used for the larger enterprise environment, WPA uses a RADIUS server and TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity Protocol) encryption (instead of WEP encryption, which is

6238 Wi-Fi Router with VOIP User’s Guide

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6238-I2 specifications

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