or pre-shared key (PSK) technolo gy. It provides a high level of
assurance to enterprises, sm all businesses and home users that
data will remain protected and that only authorized users may access
their networks. For enterpri ses that have already deployed IEEE
802.1x authentication, WPA offers the advantage of leveraging
existing authentication databas es and infrastructure.
• WPA-PSK: This is a special mode designed for home an d small
business users who do not have acces s to network authentication
servers. In this mode, know n as Pre-Shared Key, you manually
enter the starting passwo rd in your access point or gateway, as
well as in each wireless station in t he network. WPA-PSK takes
over automatically from that point, keeping unaut horized users who
don’t have the matching password from joining the net work, while
encrypting the data t raveling between authorized devices.
• WPA2: Like WPA, WPA2 supports IEEE 802.1x/EAP authentication,
or PSK, technology. It also includes a new advance d encryption
mechanism using the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES). AES is
required for corporate or government users. The difference between
WPA and WPA2 is that WPA2 provides data encryption via AES. In
contrast, WPA uses the Temporal Key Integrity Protocol ( TKIP).
• WPA2-PSK: This is also for home and small business use. Th e
difference bet ween WPA-PSK and WPA2-PSK is that WPA2-PSK
provides data encrypt ion via the AES. In contrast, WPA-PSK uses
the Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKI P).
• WPA-NONE: This is dened for Ad Hoc mode and behaves like
WPA-PSK (WPA-PSK is o nly dened for Infrastructure mode). The
user manually enters the Pre- Shared Key in each wireless station
in the network, and WPA-N ONE controls unauthorized users who
don’t have the matching Pre-Shared Key from jo ining the network.
It also encrypts the dat a traveling between authorized devices.
802.1x Setting: When Authentication Type is set to “Open,” “Shared,”
“WPA” or “WPA2,” you can also enable IEEE 802.1x Setting to use the
authentication server or certication server to authenticate client users.
NOTE: See the two separate 802.1x Setting sections below for details.
Encryption: Select from the dr op-down menu.
• None: Disables the encryption mod e.
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