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| Authentication Type | There are three authentication types: "Open System", |
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| "Shared Key" and "Auto". |
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| Open System: Open System authentication is not |
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| required to be successful while a client may decline to |
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| authenticate with any particular other client. |
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| Shared Key: Shared Key is only available if the WEP |
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| option is implemented. Shared Key authentication |
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| supports authentication of clients as either a member of |
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| those who know a shared secret key or a member of |
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| those who do not. IEEE 802.11 Shared Key |
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| authentication accomplishes this without the need to |
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| transmit the secret key in clear. Requiring the use of the |
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