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SECTION 3 | CONFIGURATION |
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Field | Description |
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ESS | Extended Service Set (ESS). Authentication | |
Authentication | establishes either an open or secure | |
| verification of communication with an access | |
| point. This setting does not encrypt your | |
| wireless transmission. | |
| The options are: |
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| Open | No authentication is used. |
| System | Default setting. |
| The | |
| Key (PSK) | authentication method is |
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| used. |
| WPA | |
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| (WPA) authentication |
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| (802.1X) is used with an EAP |
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| type. |
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| WPA authentication (802.1X) |
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| is used with a |
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| key. |
WA840G |