TRENDnet Wireless 802.11g AP WPA-Preshared key, Algorithms, WPA Shared, Group Key, Renewal

Important Notice

In order to make right use of WPA, please ensure that your current Wireless Adapter’s driver, and Wireless Utility can support it, WPA needs 802.1x authentication (when RADIUS mode is chosen), though the Operating System must also support 802.1x protocol. For Microsoft’s OS family, only Windows XP has incorporated this by default. The rest of the OS must installed 3er party’s client software such as Funk ODySSey.

-WPA-Preshared key

There are two encryption options for WPA Pre-Shared Key, TKIP and AES. TKIP stands for Temporal Key Integrity Protocol. TKIP utilizes a stronger encryption method and incorporates Message Integrity Code (MIC) to provide protection against hackers. AES stands for Advanced Encryption System, which utilizes a symmetric 128-Bit block data encryption.

To use WPA Pre-Shared Key, enter a password in the WPA Shared Key field between 8 and 63 characters long. You may also enter a Group Key Renewal Interval time between 0 and 99,999 seconds.

WPA	Please choose your algorithms method. You can select
Algorithms	between TKIP or AES.
WPA Shared	Please input the Pre-Shared Key. The key should be 8
Key	characters or 63 characters in alphanumeric.
Group Key	Please input the period of renewal time. The default selection
Renewal	is 300 seconds.

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