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2. Using a network-connected machine
•Authentication: Select an authentication type.
Open System: Authentication is not used, and encryption
may or may not be used, depending on the need for data
security.
Shared Key: Authentication is used. A device that has a
proper WEP key can access the network.
WPA Personal or WPA2 Personal: Select this option to
authenticate the print server based on WPA Pre-Shared
Key. This uses a shared secret key (generally called Pre-
Shared Key pass phrase) which is manually configured on
the access point and each of its clients.
•Encryption: Select the encryption (None, WEP64,
WEP128, TKIP, AES, TKIP AES).
•Network Key: Enter the encryption network key value.
•Confirm Network Key: Confirm the encryption network
key value.
•WEP Key Index: If you are using WEP Encryption, select
the appropriate WEP Key Index.
The wireless network security window appears when the
access point has security settings.
The wireless network security window appears. The window
may differ according to its security mode: WEP, or WPA.
•WEP
Select Open System or Shared Key for the authentication
and enter the WEP security key. Click Next.
WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) is a security protocol
preventing unauthorized access to your wireless network.
WEP encrypts the data portion of each packet exchanged
on a wireless network using a 64-bit or 128-bit WEP
encryption key.
•WPA
Enter the WPA shared key and click Next.
WPA authorizes and identifies users based on a secret key
that changes automatically at regular intervals. WPA also
uses TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity Protocol) and AES
(Advanced Encryption Standard) for data encryption.