Authentication vs. Security
Parameter | Description |
Authentication Type | This setting has to be consistent with the wireless networks that |
| the card intends to connect to. All security keys within a network |
| must match to allow successful communications. |
| None – No authentication is needed among the wireless network. |
| Shared – Only wireless stations using a shared key (WEP Key |
| identified) are allowed to connecting each other. |
| |
| business users who do not have access to network authentication |
| servers. In this mode, known as |
| manually enters the starting password in their access point or |
| gateway, as well as in each wireless stations in the network. WPA |
| takes over automatically from that point, keeping unauthorized |
| users that don't have the matching password from joining the |
| network, while encrypting the data traveling between authorized |
| devices. The encryption methods are including TKIP and AES. |
| Note that this option is only available for Windows XP. |
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