Gigabyte GN-AP101B manual Encryption

Encryption Page

This page is the security configuration of the wireless connection. WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) is a data privacy mechanism based on a 64/128-bit shared key algorithm, as described in the IEEE 802.1x standard. When the “Disable” is selected there is no WEP encryption. When either “64bits” or “128bits” selected there is encrypted date transfer to prevent unauthorized user to access the wireless network.

nAuthentication Type

You may choose between “Open System”, “Shared Key”, “Both”, “802.1x” and “802.1x – Dynamic WEP”. The Authentication Type default is set to “Both”.

Open System, in which the sender and the recipient do NOT share a secret key. Each party generates its own key-pair and asks the receiver to accept the randomly generated key. Once accepted, this key is used for a short time only. Then a new key is generated and agreed upon.

Shared Key is both the sender and the recipient share a secret key.

If the “Shared Key”or “Both”option is selected, and then the option “Disable” of the WEP type will be disabled.

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