The following fields allow you to configure the ASUS Pocket Wireless AP security settings.

Authentication Method. This option allows you to select the encryption method for securing your wireless communication. Refer to the table below for details.

Table 3-3: Authentication methods

Method

Description

 

 

Open system

This method allows the device to accept connection

or shared key

requests from any wireless device within its operating

 

range.

 

 

Shared Key

Only wireless device(s) with the same encryption are

 

allowed to connect to the AP.

 

 

WPA-PSK

Only wireless device(s) with the same TKIP encryption

 

settings are allowed to connect to the AP.

Encryption. The encryption field allows you to set the encryption for your selected authentication method. Refer to the table below for a comparison of the encryption settings. specify a 64-bit or a 128-bit WEP key. A 64-bit encryption contains 10 hexadecimal digits or 5 ASCII characters. A 128-bit encryption contains 26 hexadecimal digits or 13 ASCII characters.

Table 3-4: Encryption settings

Method

Encryption

Description

 

 

 

Open system

None

No encryption

 

 

 

Shared Key

64-bit WEP*

Contains 10 hexadecimal digits or

 

 

5 ASCII characters

 

128-bit WEP

Contains 26 hexadecimal digits or

 

 

13 ASCII characters

 

 

 

WPA-PSK

TKIP**

Contains 8 to 63 alpha-numeric characters

 

 

 

*Wired Equivalent Privacy

**Temporal Key Integrity Protocol

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