Encryption Type

Please select an encryption mode. The available options in this

 

setting item will vary depending on the authentication type you

 

select. If you select ‘Not Use’, data will not be encrypted and

 

people with some networking knowledge will be able to read the

 

data you transfer with proper tool.

 

NOTE: WPA encryption is safer than WEP, however, some older

 

wireless clients don’t support WPA encryption.

WPA Pre-shared-key

Please input the WPA pre-shared key here. Only clients with the

 

same pre-shared key you inputted here will be able to connect to

 

your computer. This setting is only available when you select one

 

of WPA encryptions.

Group Rekey Interval

You can specify the time interval to re-issue the key to your

 

wireless clients here. You can click the button ’10 seconds’ or

 

‘Kpackets’ to change the unit of time interval. (every 10 seconds or

 

a thousand data packets times the value you specified in ‘Group

 

Rekey Interval’ field)

WEP Key #1-4

Please input the WEP encryption key here when you select ‘WEP

 

If you want to use WEP 64 bits encryption, please input 10

 

characters if you select HEX, or input 5 characters if you select

 

ASCII; If you want to use WEP 128bits encryption, please input 26

 

characters if you select HEX, or input 13 characters if you select

 

ASCII. 128 bits encryption is safer then 64 bits, but the data

 

transfer speed will be slightly reduced.

Show Password

Check this box and the WPA pre-shared key or WEP key you

 

inputted will be shown, but not replaced by asterisk (*).

OK

Click this button to save changes you made in this page.

Cancel

Click this button to discard all changes you made in this window.

 

 

4-3 Access Control

If you’re not going to open your computer and wireless resources to the public, you can use MAC address filtering function to enforce your access control policy, so only wireless clients with MAC address you defined by this function can be connected to your software access point.