D-Link DWL-G800AP manual Authentication

WPA-PSK-

Using the Configuration Menu (continued)

Wireless > Access Point (continued)

Channel - Select the channel from the pulldown menu. All devices on the network must share the same channel to communicate.

Authentication -

Open System - Communicates the key across the network.

Shared Key - Devices must have identical WEP settings to communicate.

WPA - Wi-Fi Protected Access which authorizes and identifies users based on a secret key that changes automatically at regular intervals. WPA uses TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity Protocol) to change the temporal key every 10,000 packets (a packet is a kind of message transmitted over a network.) This ensures much greater security than the standard WEP security. (By contrast, the previous WEP encryption implementations required the keys to be changed manually.)

For home users that will not incorporate a RADIUS server in their network, the security for the DWL-G800AP, used in conjunction with other WPA-compatible 802.11 products, will still be much stronger than ever before. Utilizing the Pre-Shared Key mode of WPA, the DWL-G800AP will obtain a new security key every time it connects to the 802.11 network. You only need to input your encryption information once in the configuration menu. No longer will you have to manually input a new WEP key frequently to ensure security. With the DWL-G800AP, you will automatically receive a new key every time you connect, vastly increasing the safety of your communication.

WEP - Select Enable Encryption to use WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) on the network. All devices on the network, including the access point, must share the same WEP selection - either Enable or Disable.

WEP Encryption - Select either 64- or 128-bit length.

WEP Mode - Select ASCII or Hexadecimal mode and then input the appropriate digits or letters into each Key field. You can create up to 4 keys. Select the key you wish to use.

Hexadecimal digits consist of the numbers 0-9 and the letters A-F

ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange) is a code for representing English letters as numbers from 0-127

TX Rates - Select the transmission rate for the network.

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