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D-Link DAP-1513 User Manual

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32D-Link DAP-1513 User Manual
Section 4 - Security
What is WPA?
WPA,orWi-FiProtectedAccess,isaWi-FistandardthatwasdesignedtoimprovethesecurityfeaturesofWEP(WiredEquivalent
Privacy).
The 2 major 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. WPA2 is based on 802.11i and uses Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) instead of TKIP.
•Userauthentication,whichisgenerallymissinginWEP,throughtheextensibleauthenticationprotocol(EAP).
WEPregulatesaccesstoawirelessnetworkbasedonacomputershardware-specicMACaddress,whichis
relatively simple to be snied 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.
WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK uses a passphrase or key to authenticate your wireless connection. The key is an alpha-numeric password
between8and63characterslong.Thepasswordcanincludesymbols(!?*&_)andspaces.Thiskeymustbetheexactsamekey
entered on your wireless bridge or MediaBridge®
.
WPA/WPA2incorporatesuserauthenticationthroughtheExtensibleAuthenticationProtocol(EAP).EAPisbuiltonamore
secure public key encryption system to ensure that only authorized network users can access the network.

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D-Link DAP-1513 Specifications

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BrandD-Link
ModelDAP-1513
CategoryWireless Access Point
LanguageEnglish

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