Efficient Networks EEE 802.11b/g Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter Security Disabled, WPA TLS, Ttls

IEEE 802.11b/g Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter Version 1.2

you may associate with your network. This feature comes in handy when you need to work at several locations where there are different network settings. Using this you can configure a different profile for each of your networks.

hClient Name: Enter any name to describe the profile.

hSSID1: Enter the SSID of the network. The SSID is a unique name shared among all points in your wireless network. The SSID must be identical for all points in the network, and is case-sensitive.

hClick on the OK button to continue.

3.2.3Security

The next tab displayed is the Security tab. Here you can configure the authentication and encryption method that is used on your network. There are five types of security methods available: none, WPA, WPA-PSK, 802.1x, Pre- shared WEP key. The configuration steps for each method are described below.

3.2.3.1Security Disabled

If your network does not require any security methods, then select None in the security tab, and then click on the OK button.

3.2.3.2WPA – TLS, TTLS

WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access) was designed to improve upon the security features of WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy). The technology is designed to work with existing Wi-Fi products that have been enabled with WEP. WPA provides improved data encryption through the Temporal Integrity Protocol (TKIP), which scrambles the keys using a hashing algorithm and by adding an integrity-

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