Cisco Systems DPC3827, EPC3827 Wpa, Security for Personal Networks WPA or WPA2 Personal Modes

	Configure Wireless Settings
Section	Field Description
	WPA
	Security for Personal Networks - WPA or WPA2 Personal Modes
	Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) is a more secure wireless technology
	than WEP. WPA can be used for both Enterprise (corporate
	applications) and Personal (home network) wireless networks. We
	strongly recommend that you select either WPA-Personal or
	WPA2-Personal as the security mode for your home network,
	depending on which mode is supported by the wireless adapter in
	your PC or wireless clients.

WPA-Personal (aka WPA-PSK or WPA-Pre-Shared Key), provides

amore secure wireless network that WEP. WPA-Personal introduces TKIP user authentication and stronger encryption keys than WEP.

WPA2-Personal (aka WPA2-PSK or WPA2-Pre-Shared Key) provides the most secure standards-based wireless networking. WPA2-Personal incorporates AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) for data transmission.

Note: Not all wireless adapters support WPA2. WPA is supported across a wider range of devices. Whether you use WPA or WPA2, make sure to use a ―strong‖ passphrase. A strong passphrase is a string of random characters at least 21 characters in length.

Select from one of the following three WPA or WPA2-Personal modes:

WPA-Personal

WPA2-Personal

WPA or WPA2-Personal

Field Descriptions

Encryption. The default is TKIP + AES.

Pre-Shared Key. Enter a key of 8 to 63 characters.

Key Renewal. Enter a Key Renewal period, which instructs the device how often it should change encryption keys. The default is 3600 seconds.

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