User's Manual

Wire le s s
Rou te r
A sta n d-a lon e wire le ss hub th a t a llows a ny com pute r
th a t ha s a wire le s s n e twork a da pter to com m u nica te
with a nothe r com pute r a nd to conne ct to th e Inte rne t.
Also known a s a n a cce ss point.
WLAN Wire le s s Loca l-Are a Ne twork. A type of loca l-a re a
ne twork th a t u se s high-fre que ncy ra dio wa ve s ra th e r
th a n wire s to com m u n ica te be twe e n node s .
WPA Wi-Fi Protecte d Acce s s (WPA) is a s e curity
e nha nce m e n t tha t stron gly incre a se s the le ve l of da ta
prote ction a nd a cce s s control to a wire le ss ne twork.
WPA is a n inte rim s ta nda rd th a t will be re pla ce d with
th e IEEE’s 80 2 .1 1i sta nda rd u pon its com pletion. WPA
consists of RC4 a nd TKIP a n d provide s support for
BSS (Infra stru cture ) m ode on ly. (Not com pa tible with
WPA2 .)
WPA2 Wi-Fi Protecte d Acce s s 2 (WPA2 ). This is the s e cond
ge n e ra tion of WPA tha t com plie s with th e IEEE TGi
spe cifica tion . WPA2 consists of AES e ncryption , pre -
a uthe ntica tion a nd PMKID ca ching. It provide s support
for BSS (Infra stru cture ) m ode a n d IBSS (Ad hoc)
m ode . (Not com pa tible with WPA.)
WPA-
Ente rpris e
Wi-Fi Protecte d Acce s s-En te rprise a pplie s to corpora te
use rs. A new sta nda rds-ba s e d, interope ra ble se curity
te chnology for wire le s s LAN (subse t of IEEE 8 0 2.11i
dra ft s ta nda rd) tha t e ncrypts da ta se nt ove r ra dio
wa ve s . WPA is a Wi-Fi s ta nda rd th a t wa s de s igne d to
im prove u pon the se cu rity fe a tu re s of WEP a s follows:
● Im prove d da ta e ncryption throu gh the te m pora l
ke y in te grity protocol (TKIP). TKIP scra m ble s the
ke ys using a ha s hing a lgorithm a n d, by a dding
a n inte grity-che cking fe a tu re , e nsure s tha t the
ke ys ha ve not be e n ta m pe re d with .
● Us e r a u the ntica tion, which is ge n e ra lly m issing
in WEP, th rou gh the e xte nsible a u th e ntica tion
protocol (EAP). WEP re gula te s a cce ss to a
wire le s s n e twork ba se d on a com pute r’s
ha rdwa re -spe cific MAC a ddre s s , which is