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 | Please input the WPA |
| same |
| your computer. This setting is only available when you select one |
| of WPA encryptions. |
Group Rekey Interval | You can specify the time interval to |
| 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 | 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 |
| 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. |
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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.