4. Wireless Security Support

The SMCWTK-G will support WEP encryption and WPA/PSK encryption as shown in Table1.

Table 1: Wireless Security

Mode

WEP

WPA/PSK

Comments

 

 

 

 

Access Point

Yes

Yes

In AP mode, the SMCWTK-G acts like a regular

 

 

 

AP. Supports WEP and WPA/PSK.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The link between the Repeater and wireless clients

 

 

 

will support either WEP or WPA/PSK. However, the

Repeater

Yes

No (for

link between the Repeater and the AP will support

 

 

 

only WEP in the initial release. Future releases will

 

 

 

support WPA/ PSK.

 

 

Repeater-

 

 

 

AP link)

 

 

 

Yes (for

 

 

 

Repeater-

 

 

 

Client link)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The link between SMCWTK-G devices in P2P

Point-to-Point

Yes

No

and/or PMP mode support only WEP in the initial

 

 

 

release. Future releases will support WPA/PSK.

(P2P)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The link between SMCWTK-G devices in P2P

Point-to-Multipoint

Yes

No

and/or PMP mode will support only WEP in the

initial release. Future releases will support

 

 

 

 

 

 

WPA/PSK.

(PMP)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In Client mode, the WTK-G acts like a regular

 

 

 

wireless client, so it will support WEP and

Client

Yes

Yes

WPA/PSK when connecting with an AP in

 

 

 

Infrastructure mode or when connecting to an

 

 

 

Ad-Hoc network.

 

 

 

 

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