PLANET WNL-U550

User Manual

 

 

 

Security Off – Disable the encryption mode.

 

WEP – Enable the WEP Data Encryption. When the item is

 

selected, you have to continue setting the WEP Encryption keys.

 

TKIP – TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity Protocol) changes the

 

temporal key every 10,000 packets (a packet is a kind of message

 

transmitted over a network.) This insures much greater security

 

than the standard WEP security.

 

AES – AES has been developed to ensure the highest degree of

 

security and authenticity for digital information and it is the most

 

advanced solution defined by IEEE 802.11i for the security in the

 

wireless network.

 

Note: All devices in the network should use the same encryption

 

method to ensure the communication.

 

 

Create with

Enable this check box and enter a word or group of printable

Passphrase

characters in the Passphrase box, select the desired encryption to

 

automatically configure the WEP Key.

 

 

Enter Key Manually

Enable this check box and select the desired key in the drop down

 

list. Then enter the key values you wish to use and select the

 

desired encryption. Other stations must have matching key values.

 

The WEP keys are used to encrypt data transmitted in the wireless

 

network. There are two types of key length: 64Bits and 128Bits.

 

Fill the text box by following the rules below.

 

64Bits – Input 10-digit Hex values (in the “A-F”, “a-f” and “0-9”

 

range) as the encryption keys. For example: “0123456aef“.

 

128Bits – Input 26-digit Hex values (in the “A-F”, “a-f” and “0-9”

 

range) as the encryption keys. For example:

 

“01234567890123456789abcdef“.

 

 

Passphraes

The WPA-PSK / WPA2-PSK can be from 8 to 64 characters and can

 

be letters or numbers. This same key must be used on all of the

 

wireless stations in the network. Data is encrypted using a 256Bit

 

key derived from this key.

 

 

Confirm

For WAP-PSK and WAP2-PSK modes, re-enter the value in this

 

filed.

 

 

802.1x Authentication

The EAP authentication protocols this device has supported are

Protocol

included as follows. This setting has to be consistent with the

wireless APs or Routers that the card intends to connect.

 

 

For WPA Radius and WPA2 Radius modes, select the desired

 

option in the drop-down list.

 

EAP/TLS (User Certificate) –EAP/TLS is the most secure of the

 

EAP protocols but not easy to use. It requires that digital certificates

 

be exchanged in the authentication phase. The server presents a

 

 

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