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WPA Security

The WiFi Protected Access (WPA) protocol is a collection of interoperable security enhancements intended for use in both consumer and enterprise settings. It is a forward-compatible subset of the upcoming 802.11i security standard that greatly improves on the WEP security standard. WPA includes a stronger data encryption scheme that uses the TKIP (temporal key integrity protocol) key exchange proto- col, and a message integrity check (MIC) and an extended initialization vector with sequencing roots to prevent interception of packets by unauthorized users.

WPA can be run on its own or in conjunction with the 802.1x procol. For most home and small business applications, WPA is all that is necessary. When run on its own, all that is necessary is to set up a single static PSK String as a shared mas- ter key. When run in conjunction with 802.1x, it employs the same dynamic key arrangement used by 802.1x itself. See the previous section “802.1x Security” for an

explanation of the 802.1x setting values.

To Enable WPA:

1.Click the WPA button in the Basic Settings menu box.

2.Click on the the PSK String menu button and enter an arbitrary alphanumer- ic string in the window. The minimum suggested length is 8 characters Note: the PSK String word is case sensitive.

3.If you do not wish to enable the 802.1x protocol, simply click the Next button

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