Motorola WR850GP manual Recommended Setting a Pass Phrase of at least 20 characters

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Section 3

Configuration

 

 

Field

Description

WPA2-PSK:

3) WPA2-PSKand WPA-PSK(above) can be enabled

(continued)

concurrently, to support devices with mixed capabilities.

 

4) WPA2-PSKcan be used concurrently with WEP Encryption, if

 

needed for backward compatibility. WEP Encryption is

 

enabled separately from WPA Encryption (below).

 

FACTORY DEFAULT: Disabled

 

RECOMMENDED SETTING: Enabled

WPA

Sets the encryption method(s) to be used with WPA, WPA2, WPA-

Encryption:

PSK, or WPA2-PSK authentication.

(RECOMMENDED)

Selecting TKIP engages Temporal Key Integrity Protocol.

 

Selecting AES engages Advanced Encryption Standard.

 

Selecting TKIP + AES allows the WR850 to support a mix of

 

devices using these two encryption methods.

 

NOTE: WPA Encryption is greyed out and unchangeable unless WPA,

 

WPA2, WPA-PSK, or WPA2-PSK is Enabled.

 

FACTORY DEFAULT: TKIP

 

RECOMMENDED SETTING: TKIP + AES

WPA Pass

Sets the pass phrase (or Pre-Shared Key) that will be used to

Phrase:

generate encryption keys, with WPA-PSK or WPA2-PSK

(RECOMMENDED)

authentication. The entered pass phrase must be:

 

between 8 and 63 alphanumeric characters, or

 

exactly 64 hexadecimal digits (0-9, A-F).

 

A WPA Pass Phrase of at least 20 characters is strongly

 

recommended, for stronger security.

 

For security reasons, the pass phrase is not immediately readable,

 

while it is being entered. After you apply your changes to the

 

SECURITY Page (i.e., by clicking the Apply button at the bottom of

 

the page), you can use the Show button to the right of this field to

 

review the entered value.

 

This will allow you to recall your WPA Pass Phrase and enter it into

 

the wireless devices with which the WR850 will communicate.

 

NOTE: A WPA Pass Phrase cannot be entered unless WPA-PSKor

 

WPA2-PSK is Enabled.

 

FACTORY DEFAULT: (blank)

 

RECOMMENDED SETTING: A Pass Phrase of at least 20 characters

 

 

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