NETGEAR WPN824EXT manual Wireless Security Options, Security Type Description None

RangeMax WiFi Range Extender WPN824EXT User Manual

Table 2-1. Wireless Security Options

Security Type	Description
None	No wireless security. Recommended only for troubleshooting wireless
	connectivity.
WEP. WEP (Wired	.WEP offers the following options:
Equivalent Privacy)	• Open System
	With Open Network authentication and 64 or 128 bit WEP data
	encryption, the WPN824EXT does perform data encryption but does
	not perform any authentication. Anyone can join the network. This
	setting provides very little practical wireless security.
	• Shared Key
	With Shared Key authentication, a wireless device must know the
	WEP key in order to join the network. Select the encryption strength
	(64 or 128 bit data encryption). Manually enter the key values, or enter
	a word or group of printable characters in the Passphrase field.
	Manually entered keys are not case-sensitive, but passphrase
	characters are case-sensitive.
	Note: Not all wireless adapter configuration utilities support
	passphrase key generation.
	• Automatic
	The WiFi range extender automatically detects whether Open System
	or Shared Key is used.
WPA-PSK (TKIP). Wi-Fi	WPA–Pre-Shared Key does perform authentication. WPA-PSK uses TKIP
Protected Access with Pre-	(Temporal Key Integrity Protocol) data encryption, and WPA2-PSK uses
Shared Key, use WPA-PSK	AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) data encryption. Both methods
standard encryption with	dynamically change the encryption keys making them nearly impossible
TKIP encryption type.	to circumvent.
WPA2-PSK (AES). Wi-Fi	Enter a word or group of printable characters in the Password Phrase
	field. These characters are case-sensitive.
Protected Access version 2	Note: Not all wireless adapter configuration utilities support WPA-PSK
with Pre-Shared Key, use	and WPA2-PSK. Furthermore, client software is required on the client.
WPA2-PSK standard	Windows XP Service Pack 2 and Windows XP Service Pack 1 with WPA
encryption with the AES	patch do include the client software that supports WPA. However, the
encryption type.	wireless adapter hardware and driver must also support WPA.
WPA-PSK (TKIP) + WPA2-	Allows clients using either WPA-PSK (TKIP) or WPA2-PSK (AES) (this
PSK (AES). Mixed mode.	provides the most reliable security, and is easiest to implement, but it
	might not be compatible with older adapters).

4.Click Apply, or click Cancel to return to the original settings.

2-6 Implementing Appropriate Wireless Security

v1.0, April 2008