Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration
WPA pre-shared key Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) is an advanced security standard. User can use a pre-
shared key to authenticate wireless stations and encrypt data during communication. It
uses TKIP or CCMP(AES) to change the encryption key frequently. So the encryption key
is not easy to be broken by hackers. This can improve security very much. User can use
WPA pre-shared key encryption in “AP mode”, “Station-Ad Hoc mode”, “AP-Client mode”,
“AP Bridge-WDS mode” and “Universal Repeater mode”.
Parameter Description WPA (TKIP) TKIP can change the encryption key frequently to enhance the wireless
LAN security.
WPA2 (AES) This use CCMP protocol to change encryption key frequently. AES can
provide high level encryption to enhance the wireless LAN security.
WPA2 Mixed This will use TKIP or AES based on the other communication peer
automatically.
Pre-shared Key Format User may select to select Passphrase (alphanumeric format) or
Hexadecimal Digits (in the “A-F”, “a-f” and “0-9” range) to be the Pre-
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