Chapter 7 Wireless
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7.2.3 More Secure (WPA(2)-PSK)
The WPA- PSK security m ode provides both im proved data encryption and user authent icat ion over
WEP. Using a Pre- Shared Key (PSK), bot h t he Device and the connect ing client share a com m on
password in or der t o validate the connect ion. This type of encrypt ion, while robust, is not as st rong
as WPA, WPA2 or ev en WPA2- PSK. The WPA2- PSK secu r it y m ode is a n ew er, m or e r obust ver sion of
the WPA encrypt ion standard. I t offers slight ly bett er security, alt hough t he use of PSK m akes it
less robust than it could be.
Click Ne t w or k Set t ing > W ir eless to display t he Gene ra l screen. Select More Secure as the
securit y level. Then select W PA- PSK or W PA2 - PSK from the Se cur it y Mode list .
Figure 32 Wireless > General: More Secure: WPA( 2) -PSK
The following t able describes t he labels in t his screen.
Table 18 Wireless > General: More Secure: WPA(2)- PSK
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Securit y Level Select M ore Se cure t o enable WPA( 2) - PSK dat a encryption.
Security Mode Select W PA- PSK or W PA2 - PSK from t he drop- down list box.
Generate
password
autom at ically
Select t his option t o have t he Device aut om atically generate a password. The password field
will not be configurable when you select t his opt ion.
Password The encryption m echanism s used for WPA(2) and WPA( 2) - PSK are the sam e. The only
difference bet ween the t w o is that WPA( 2) - PSK uses a sim ple com m on password, inst ead of
user- specific credentials.
I f you did not select Generate passw or d a utom a t ically, you can m anually type a pr e-
shared key from 8 to 64 case-sensitive keyboard characters.
m ore.../ less Click m ore... to show m ore fields in t his sect ion. Click le ss to hide them .
WPA-PSK
Com pat ible
This field appears when you choose W PA- PSK2 as the Se curit y M ode .
Check this field t o allow wireless devices using W PA- PSK securit y m ode to connect t o your
Device. The Device support s WPA- PSK and WPA2-PSK sim ultaneously.
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