Here are descriptions of every setup item:
Item Name | Description | |
| Please select a wireless authentication type you wish to use. | |
Authentication | Available options are ‘Open’, ‘Shared’, | |
Type | and | |
| data encryption, you must select ‘Open’. | |
| Please select an encryption mode. The available options in this | |
| setting item will vary depending on the authentication type you | |
Encryption Type | select. If you select ‘Not Use’, data will not be encrypted and | |
| people with some networking knowledge will be able to read the | |
| data you transfer with proper tool. | |
| Please input the WPA | |
WPA | same | |
Key | your computer. This setting is only available when you select | |
| one of WPA encryptions. | |
| You can specify the time interval to | |
Group Rekey | wireless clients here. You can click the button ’10 seconds’ or | |
‘Kpackets’ to change the unit of time interval. (every 10 seconds | ||
Interval | ||
or a thousand data packets times the value you specified in | ||
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| ‘Group Rekey Interval’ field). | |
| Please input the WEP encryption key here when you 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. | |
WEP Key |
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| 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 | |
inputted will be shown, but not replaced by asterisk (*). | ||
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When you finish with setting and want to save changes, click ‘OK’ button, or click ‘Cancel’ button to discard all changes you made.
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