User's Manual

USING THE SMCWPCI-G2 UTILITY PROGRAM

protection and access control for existing and future wireless LAN

systems. It will be forward-compatible with the upcoming

IEEE 802.11i standard. WPA employs a combination of several

technologies to provide an enhanced security solution for 802.11

wireless networks, including TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity

Protocol) for data protection and 802.1x for authenticated key

management. WPA provides a simple operating mode that uses

just a pre-shared password for network access. The Pre-Shared

Key mode uses a common password for user authentication that

is manually entered on the access point and all wireless clients

on the network.

To use the WPA function, take the following steps:

1. Select Security Type, WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK from the

drop-down menu.

2. Type in the WPA Passphrase (Pre-Shared Key: PSK).

3. Choose Encryption method for data protection of the

WPA-PSK.

4. Select ASCII or Hex in the Key Type field

5. Click Apply Change to allow the settings to take effect.

Note: The WPA Passphrase character limit needs to be between

8-63 characters.

Manual Pre-Shared Key supports up to 64-Hex characters. If

there is no authentication server on your SOHO network, you can

issue the Pre-Shared Key to the adapter that is connected to the

access point. Be sure to use the same key for the wireless access

point and the connected adapter.