ADVANCED SETUP

WPA

Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) combines temporal key integrity protocol (TKIP) and 802.1X mechanisms. It provides dynamic key encryption and

802.1X authentication service.

Parameter

Description

Cypher suite Authentication

Pre-shared key type Pre-shared Key

Group Key Re- Keying

The security mechanism used in WPA for encryption.

Choose 802.1X or Pre-shared Key to use as the authentication method.

•802.1X: for the enterprise network with a RADIUS server.

•Pre-shared key: for the SOHO network environment without an authentication server.

Select the key type to be used in the Pre-shared Key. Type in the key here.

The period of renewing broadcast/multicast key.

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