Feature Description
rejected if they use the wrong WEP key. Shared requires
the correct WEP key or clients may not send packets on
the network.
WPA Configuration
If personal WiFi Protected Access (WPA-PSK) is enabled, a pass phrase is needed to
associate with the key. Enter a phrase between 8 and 63 characters.
Feature Description
Enable WPA Select Enabled or Disabled.
Short for Wi-Fi Protected Access, a Wi-Fi standard that
was designed to improve upon the security features of
WEP. The technology includes two improvements over
WEP:
Improved data encryption through the temporal key
integrity protocol (TKIP). TKIP scrambles the keys using a
hashing algorithm and, by adding an integrity-checking
feature, ensures that the keys haven’t been tampered
with.
User authentication, which is generally missing in WEP,
through the extensible authentication protocol (EAP).
WEP regulates access to a wireless network based on a
computer’s hardware-specific MAC address, which is
relatively simple to be sniffed out and stolen. EAP is built
on a more secure public-key encryption system to ensure
that only authorized network users can access the
network.
Pass phrase Add a user authentication pass phrase.
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