Airlink101 AR570W user manual WPA Unicast Cipher Suite, Pre-shared Key Format

change the encryption key frequently. So the encryption key is not easy to be broken by hackers. This can improve security very much.

Select “WPA Pre-share Key” for the “Encryption” mode if you wish to use WPA-PSK or WPA2- PSK to encrypt your wireless network.

Parameters	Description
WPA Unicast Cipher Suite	Available options are: WPA (TKIP), WPA2 (AES), and WPA2
	Mixed. WPA2 (Mixed) support both WPA-PSK(TKIP/AES) and
	WPA2-PSK(TKIP/AES). Please make sure your wireless client
	supports the cipher you selected.
Pre-shared Key Format	You may select Passphrase (alphanumeric format) or Hex (in the
	“A-F”, “a-f” and “0-9” range) to be the Pre-shared Key.
Pre-shared Key	The Pre-shared key is used to authenticate and encrypt data
	transmitted in the wireless network. You may create your own
	key here for wireless clients to connect to your router.

3.2.2.3 WPA RADIUS

IEEE 802.1x is an authentication protocol. Every user must use a valid account to login to this wireless router before accessing the wireless LAN. The authentication is processed by a RADIUS server. This mode only authenticates user by IEEE 802.1x, but it does not encryption the data during communication.

Select “WPA RADIUS” for the “Encryption” mode if you wish to use WPA RADIUS to encrypt your wireless network.

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