D-Link DGL-3420 manual WPA-Personal, Pre-Shared Key

Using the Configuration Interface

WPA-Personal

This option uses Wi-Fi Protected Access with a Pre-Shared Key (PSK).

Wireless Security: Wireless Security Mode:

WPA:

Pre-Shared Key:

After you have configured this page select Save Settings to save the settings, or click Don’t Save Settings if you do not wish to save them.

WPA-Personalis selected here.

When WPA is selected, select the cipher type here.

The Cipher type is the encryption algorithm used to secure the data communication.TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity Protocol) provides per packet key generation and is based on WEP. AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) is a very secure block based encryption.

Enter the secret passphrase here. WPA-PSK (Pre-shared key) provides authentication through the use of this passphrase, that is shared by devices on the network. This is the most secure encryption available without a RADIUS server.

The key is entered as a pass-phrase of up to 63 characters in ASCII format at both ends of the wireless connection.The pass-phrase cannot be shorter than 8 characters. The pass-phrase is used to generate session keys that are unique for each wireless client.

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