Wirel ess LAN AP Conf igurati on
Pre-shar ed Ke y
Format
You may select t o select A SCII
Characters (alphanumeric format) o r
Hexade c i mal Digits (i n the “A-F”, “a-f”
and “0- 9” range) to b e the Pr e-shar ed
Key. For ex ample:
ASCII Ch aract ers: ia mguest
Hexadecimal Digits: 12345a bcde
Pre-shar ed Ke y
The Pre-s hare d key is used t o
authenti cate a nd encr ypt d ata
transmitted in the wireless network. Fill
the text box b y follo wing th e rules
below.
Hex WEP: inp ut 64-digit Hex values (in
the “A-F”, “a-f” an d “0-9” ran ge) or at
least 8 char acter pas s phr as e as the
pre-shar e d ke ys .
Click Apply butt on at the botto m of t he scr een to s ave t he
above co nfigur ations . You c an no w config ure ot her ad vance
sections or st art using the Access Point .
WPA RAIUS
Wi-Fi Protect ed Access (WPA) is an advanc ed sec urit y
standard. You c an use an e xternal R ADIUS server to
authenti cate wireles s stati ons a nd pro vide th e sessi on ke y to
encrypt data dur ing c ommunic ation . It us es TKI P to ch ange
the encr yption key freq uentl y. Thi s can i mpro ve secur ity very
much.
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