User's Manual

PCE-N10 WLAN Card User Manual
Config - Encryption
The Encryption page allows you to set up the encryption settings for your WLAN
card. For data confidentiality in a wireless environment, IEEE 802.11 specifies a Wired
Equivalent Privacy (WEP) algorithm to offer transmission privacy similar to wired network.
WEP uses keys to encrypt data packets sent and decrypt data packets received. The
encryption process can scramble frame bits to avoid disclosure to others. Wi-Fi Protected
Access (WPA) is an improved security system for 802.11 that encrypts data sent
over radio waves. WPA is developed to overcome the weakness of the WEP
p
rotocol.
Network Authentication - Set up authentication for your WLAN card. Options are:
Open - Sets the network operating in the Open System mode that disables
authentication protection for the network or use the WEP encryption for the
network.
Shared - Sets the network operating in the Shared Key mode that uses the
WEP encryption for your network.
WPA-PSK and WPA2-PSK – Use the WPA Pre-Shared Key/WPA2 Pre-Shared Key in
the Infrastructure mode for authentication.
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