Compal CH6643E - Encrypting Wireless LAN Transmissions

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Encrypting Wireless LAN Transmissions
To prevent unauthorized viewing of data transmitted over your WLAN, you must encrypt
your wireless transmissions. Choose one of the following:
Encrypting Wireless LAN Transmissions
Configure on the CH6643E
Required on Each Wireless Client
if all of your wireless clients
support Wi-Fi Protected Access
(WPA), recommending configuring
WPA on the CH6643E
If you use a local pre-shared key (WPA-PSK)
passphrase, you must configure the identical
passphrase on the CH6643E and on each wireless
client. Home and small-office settings typically use a
local passphrase.
Otherwise, configure WEP on the
CH6643E
You must configure the identical WEP key on the
CH6643E and on each wireless client.
If all of your wireless clients support WPA encryption, recommending using WPA instead
of WEP because WPA:
 Provides much stronger encryption and is more secure
 Provides authentication to ensure that only authorized users can log in to your WLAN
 Is much easier to configure
 Uses a standard algorithm on all compliant products to generate a key from a textual
passphrase
 Will be incorporated into the new IEEE 802.11i wireless networking standard
For new wireless LANs, recommending purchasing client adapters that support WPA
encryption.