Chapter 3 - Software Reference

WPA-Personal/WPA2-Personal- Select this option to enable WPA Pre-Shared Key under Infrastructure mode. It enables communication between your client and APs using WPA-Personal/WPA2-Personal encryption mode.

WPA-Enterprise/WPA2-Enterprise- The network is operating in IEEE 802.1x authentication mode. This mode is for environments with RADIUS (Remote Access Dial-in User Service). In a RADIUS environment, three Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) are supported, including PEAP, EPA/TLS, and LEAP.

Data encryption

For Open and Shared authentication mode, the configuration options of encryption type are Disabled and WEP. For WPA-Personal and WPA-2 Personal authentication modes, Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP) encryption and Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) encryption are supported.

Disabled - Disable the encryption function.

WEP - WEP Key is used to encrypt your data before it is transmitted over air. You can only connect and communicate with wireless devices that use the same WEP keys.

TKIP - TKIP uses an encryption algorithm method that is more stringent than the WEP algorithm. It also uses existing WLAN calculation facilities to perform encryption. TKIP verifies the security configuration after the encryption keys are determined.

AES:AES is a symmetric 128-bit block encryption technique that works simultaneously on multiple network layers.

Wireless network key

This option is enabled only if you select ������������WPA-Personal or�� WPA2�������������-Personal authentication mode. Select “TKIP” or “AES” in the encryption filed as encryption mode to begin the encryption proceed. Note: 8 to 64 characters are required in this field.

Wireless Network Key (WEP)

This option is configurable only if you enable WEP in Network Authentication field. The WEP Key is a 64 bits (5 byte) or 128 bits (13 byte) Hexadecimal digits which is used to encrypt and decrypt data packets.

Key Format

You can select to enter Hexadecimal digits (0~9, a~f, and A~F) or ASCII characters to setup keys by defining the Key Format.

Chapter 3 Software Reference

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