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CONFIGURING THE VOICE ADSL ROUTER

To manually configure the encryption key, enter five hexadecimal pairs of digits for each 64-bit key, or enter 13 pairs for the single 128-bit key.

(A hexadecimal digit is a number or letter in the range 0-9 or A-F.)

Note that WEP protects data transmitted between wireless nodes, but does not protect any transmissions over your wired network or over the Internet.

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	The security mechanism used in WPA for encryption.
Authentication	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.

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

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