Wireless N150 Long Range AP/Router
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WPA/WPA2!
The! WPA! protocol! implements! the! majority! of! the! IEEE! 802.11i! standard.! It!
enhances! data! encryption! through! the! Temporal! Key! Integrity! Protocol! (TKIP)!
which!is!a!128-bit!per-packet!key,!meaning!that!it!dynamically!generates!a!new!key!
for! each! packet.! WPA! also! includes! a! message! integrity! check! feature! to! prevent!
data!packets!from!being!hampered!with.!Only!authorized!network!users!can!access!
the!wireless!network.! !
The!later!WPA2!protocol!features!compliance!with!the!full!IEEE!802.11i!standard!
and! uses! Advanced! Encryption! Standard! (AES)! in! addition! to! TKIP! encryption!
protocol! to! guarantee! better! security! than! that! provided! by! WEP! or! WPA.!
Currently,!WPA!is!supported!by!Windows!XP!SP1.!
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