NOTE: WPA encryption is safer than WEP, however, some older wireless clients don’t

 

support WPA encryption.

WPA Pre-shared

Please input the WPA pre-shared key here. Only

Key

clients with the same pre-shared key you inputted

 

here will be able to connect to your computer. This setting is only available when you

 

select one of WPA encryptions.

Group Rekey

You can specify the time interval to re-issue the key

Interval

to your wireless clients here. You can click the button ’10 seconds’ or ‘Kpackets’ to

 

change the unit of time interval. (every 10 seconds or a thousand data packets times

 

the value you specified in ‘Group Rekey Interval’ field)

Wep Key

Please input the WEP encryption key here when you

#1 ~ #4

select ‘WEP’ as encryption type. There are 2 types of WEP key: Hex (number 0 to 9,

 

and ASCII characters A to F) and ASCII (all alphanumerical characters plus symbols).

 

Please select the type of WEP key first, and then input the WEP key according to the

 

type of WEP key you selected.

 

If you want to use WEP 64 bits encryption, please input 10 characters if you select

 

HEX, or input 5 characters if you select ASCII; If you want to use WEP 128bits

 

encryption, please input 26 characters if you select HEX, or input 13 characters if you

 

select ASCII. 128 bits encryption is safer then 64 bits, but the data transfer speed will

 

be slightly reduced.

Show Password

Check this box and the WPA pre-shared key orWEP key you inputted will be shown,

 

but not replaced by asterisk (*).

OK

Click this button to save changes you made in this page.

Cancel

Click this button to discard all changes you made in this window.

 

 

 

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Edimax Technology g, 802.11 b, Draft 2.0-N user manual Support WPA encryption

g, Draft 2.0-N, 802.11 b specifications

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