Security Information

Make sure that no unauthorized user logs on to the Wireless LAN and that no one has access to the Internet or network resources.

Your print server offers several security mechanisms. The following table gives an overview of different encryption and authentication methods.

Mechanism

Encryption

Authentication

Standard

 

 

 

 

 

WEP

WEP

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(Open System / Shared Key)

 

 

 

 

WEP+EAP

WEP

EAP

 

(Open System)

(TLS / MD5 / LEAP)

 

 

 

*WPA (Personal Mode)

TKIP/MIC

PSK

 

 

 

*WPA2 (Personal Mode)

AES-CCMP

PSK

 

 

 

*WPA/WPA2 is available from hardware version 2.0 onwards.

WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy)

WEP is an encryption method according to IEEE 802.11 on the basis of the RC4 encryption algorithm. WEP offers mechanisms for data encryption and authentication. WEP uses a key to encrypt the entire communication. For this purpose, a key is stored in each WLAN device. WEP offers three modes.

-'Open System' for data encryption. The Wireless LAN is available for all clients. No authentication is carried out.

-'Open System + EAP' for data encryption. In addition a version of the 'Extensible Authentication Protocol' is used for authentication purposes.

-'Shared Key' for data encryption. In addition the Challenge-Response authentication mechanism is used with a secret key.

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