NETGEAR ProSAFE WN203

Wireless Configuration and Security
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ProSAFE Single Band 802.11n Wireless Access Point WN203
• WPA2-PSK
Figure 14. WPA2-PSK
• WPA-PSK & WPA2-PSK
Figure 15. WPA-PSK & WPA2-PSK
Table 4. Settings for WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK, and WPA-PSK & WPA2-PSK
Setting Descriptions
Data Encryption TKIP Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP) is the standard encryption method
used with WPA. Y
ou can also use TKIP with WPA2.
AES Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) is the standard encryption method used
with WPA2.
TKIP + AES TKIP +
AES supports both WPA and WPA2. Broadcast packets use TKIP. For
unicast (point-to-point) transmissions, WPA clients use TKIP
, and WPA2
clients use AES.
For the WPA & WPA2 mixed mode, TKIP + AES is the only supported data
encryption method.
Passphrase Enter a passphrase. The passphrase length needs to be between 8 and 63 characters
(inclusive).
The default passphrase is sharedsecret.
You can display the actual passphrase by selecting the Show Passphrase in Clear
Text
Ye
s radio button.
Show Passphrase
in Clear Text
Select the Ye
s radio button to display the actual passphrase in the Passphrase field. The
default setting is No.
Note: TKIP provides only legacy (slower) rates of operation. If you want to
use the 11n rates and speed, NETGEAR recommends WPA2 authentication
with AES encryption.
Note: Although some wireless clients might support AES with WPA, the
WN203 wireless access point does not support WPA with AES.