CONFIGURING THE ADSL ROUTER

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. The Barricade supports both WPA and WPA2.

ParameterDescription

WPA mode Cypher suite Authentication

Pre-shared key type Pre-shared Key

Group Key

Re_Keying

Select WPA or WPA2 or mixed mode.

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.

4-40

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