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broadcast to anyone within the range of your signal. If you're not using encryption then
they could connect to your network. When this is disabled, you must enter the Wireless
NetworkName(SSID)ontheclientmanuallytoconnecttothenetwork.
¾ WMM:ChoosetoEnable orDisableWMM.ThisistheQualityofService(QoS)featurefor
prioritizing voice and video applications. This option can be further configured in WMM
undertheWirelessdrop‐downmenu.
¾ Encryption:SelectWPApre‐sharedkeyfromthedrop‐downlist.
¾ WPAType:SelectTKIP,AES,orWPA2Mixed.Theencryptionalgorithmusedtosecurethe
data communication. TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity Protocol) provides per‐packet key
generation and is based on WEP. AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) is a very secure
block based encryption. Note that, if the bridge uses the AES option, the bridge can
associatewiththeaccesspointonlyiftheaccesspointisalsosettouseonlyAES.
¾ Pre‐sharedKey Type:TheKeyTypecanbepassphraseorHexformat.
¾ Pre‐SharedKey:Thekeyisenteredasapass‐phraseofupto63alphanumericcharactersin
ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange) format at both ends of the
wireless connection. It cannot be shorter than eight characters, although for proper
securityitneedstobeofamplelengthandshouldnotbeacommonlyknownphrase.This
phraseisusedtogeneratesessionkeysthatareuniqueforeachwirelessclient.
¾ Encryption:WPARADIUS
¾ ESSID Selection: As this device supports multiple SSIDs, it is possible to configure a
differentsecuritymodeforeachSSID(profile).SelectanSSIDfromthedrop‐downlist.