SMC Networks SMCWBR14T-G manual 4-47, WPA/WPA2

SECURITY

WPA/WPA2

WPA/WPA2 is a security enhancement that strongly increases the level of data protection and access control for existing wireless LAN. Matching authentication and encryption methods must be set up on your Barricade and wireless client devices to use WPA/WPA2. To use WPA, your wireless network cards must be equipped with software that supports WPA. A security patch from Microsoft is available for free download (for XP only).

Parameter	Description
Cipher Suite	The security mechanism used in WPA for encryption.
	Select TKIP+AES (WPA/WPA2) or AES WPA2 Only.
Authentication	Select 802.1X or Pre-shared Key for 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.
Pre-shared Key	Type the key here.
Group Key Re_Keying	The period of renewing the broadcast/multicast key.

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