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| encryption. |
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| WPA Mixed – The router supports WPA (TKIP) and |
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| WPA2 (AES) for data encryption. The actual selection of |
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| the encryption methods will depend on the clients. |
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| Use 802.1x | IEEE 802.1x is an authentication protocol. Every user |
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| Authentication | must use a valid account to login to this wireless router |
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| before accessing the wireless LAN. The authentication is |
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| processed by a RADIUS server. Check this box to |
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| authenticates user by IEEE 802.1x. |
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| WEP is less level of security than WPA. WEP supports |
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| data. The longer key length will provide higher security. |
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| When |
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| exactly 5 ASCII characters |
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| hexadecimal digits |
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| When |
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| exactly 13 ASCII characters |
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| hexadecimal digits |
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| WPA Authentication | There are two types of authentication mode for WPA. |
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| Mode | Enterprise (RADIUS) – It uses an external RADIUS |
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| server to perform user authentication. To use RADIUS, |
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| enter the IP address of the RADIUS server, the RADIUS |
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| port (default is 1812) and the shared secret from the |
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| RADIUS server. Please refer to “Authentication RADIUS |
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| Server” setting below for RADIUS setting. |
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| Personal |
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| authentication is based on a shared secret that is known |
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| only by the parties involved. To use WPA |
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| Key, select key format and enter a password in the “Pre- |
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