3Com WBR-6000 user manual WEP Wireless Security, Wep

3.7 Wireless Security

This screen is accessed by clicking the "Configure" button on the Wireless screen. There are 5 options for Wireless security:

•Disabled - no data encryption is used.

•WEP - data is encrypted using the WEP standard.

•WPA-PSK- data is encrypted using the WPA-PSK standard. This is a later standard than WEP, and provides much better security than WEP. If all your Wireless stations support WPA- PSK, you should use WPA-PSK rather than WEP.

•WPA2-PSK- This is a further development of WPA-PSK, and offers even greater security, using the AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) method of encryption.

•WPAM-PSK(Mixed)- This method, sometimes called "Mixed Mode", allows clients to use EITHER WPA-PSK (with TKIP) OR WPA2-PSK (with AES).

WEP Wireless Security

Figure 8: WEP

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