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Unless one of these encryption modes is selected, wireless trans
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missions to and from your wireless network can be easily intercept
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ed and interpreted by unauthorized users.
The security modes are described below:
•
Open
: You can authenticate successfully with a SSID, whether it
is valid or empty.
•
Shared
: The WLAN clients who have the same WEP key with
wireless gateway can pass the authentication and access the
wireless network.
•
WEPAUTO
: Select WEP security automatically.
•
WPA-PSK
: WPA Pre-Shared Key, Enter the Pre-Shared key as a
plain text (ASCII) pass-phrase of at least 8 characters.
•
WPA2-PSK
: It is the securer version of WPA with implementation
of the 802.11i standard.
•
WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK
: Apply both the WPA-PSK and WPA2-
PSK scheme.
If the Authentication type is
Open
,
Shared
,
WEPAUTO
, the bottom
part of the configuration page displays parameters as shown.
•
WEP Keys
: At most four keys can be set in the blank. Choose
the primary key index. The primary key is the only key in use at
a given time. Whatever keys you enter for an access point, you
must also enter the same keys for the client adapter in the same
order. In other words, WEP key 1 on the AP must match WEP
key 1 on the client adapter, WEP key 2 on the AP must match
WEP key 2 on the client adapter, etc. Select
Hex
if use 10 or 26
hexadecimal numbers (0~9, a~f or A~F). Select
ASCII
if use 5 or
13 ASCII characters (case-sensitive).
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