Atlantis Land i I-Fly Wireless Access Point user manual Security

3.8.4 Security

•Data Encryption: please tick it if you like to have WEP key as the encryption mechanism.

•Authentication Mode: The authentication type default is set to open system. There are

four options: open system; shared key; WPA; WPA-PKS. You may want to set to Shared Key when the clients and AP in the same wireless network enable the WEP encryption. All the nodes and hosts on the network must use the same authentication type.

•WEP Key: To disable WEP security, click on the “Disable” option. To enable WEPsecurity, there are 2 types to select – 64bits and 128 bits. When it is selected, the key value must be entered in ASCII or HEX format. There are four key sets are available to assign.

NOTE: When WEP security is enabled, all the wireless clients that wish to connect to the Access Point must also have WEP enabled with the identical WEP Key value entered.

•WPA: WPA is available in authentication mode as the below screen. It is required to set 802.1X setting first before you use WPA.

•WPA-PSK (Pre Shared Key mode): WPA is available in authentication mode as the below screen. It is required to set 802.1X setting first before you use WPA. If WPA-PSK is enabled, users need to set the key in the passphrase field as the below screen. The key length should be 8 characters at least.

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