User's Manual
ASUS USB-N10 Chapter 4: Using the ASUS WLAN Control Center
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• Shared
: Select this option to make the network operate on Shared key mode.
In a Share Key Authentication system, four-step exchange of frames is required
to validate that the station is using the same WEP Key as the access point.
• WPA-PSK/ WPA2-PSK:
Select this option to enable WPA Pre-Shared Key
under Infrastructure mode. It enables communication between your client and
APs using WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK encryption mode.
• WPA/ WPA2
: The network is operating in IEEE 802.1x authentication mode.
This mode is for environments with RADIUS (Remote Access Dial-in User
Service). In a RADIUS environment, five Extensible Authentication Protocol
(EAP) are supported, including PEAP, TLS/Smart Card, TTLS, LEAP and Md5-
Challenge.
Data encryption
For Open and Shared authentication mode, the conguration options of encryption
type are Disabled and WEP. For WPA, WPA-PSK, WPA2 and WPA2-PSK
authentication mode, Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP) encryption and
Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) encryption are supported.
• Disabled
: Disable the encryption function.
• WEP
: WEP Key is used to encrypt your data before it is transmitted over air.
You can only connect and communicate with wireless devices that use the
same WEP keys.
• TKIP
: TKIP uses an encryption algorithm method that is more stringent than
the WEP algorithm. It also uses existing WLAN calculation facilities to perform
encryption. TKIP veries the security conguration after the encryption keys are
determined.
• AES:
AES is a symmetric 128-bit block encryption technique that works simultaneously
on multiple network layers.
Wireless Network Key
This option is enabled only if you select WPA-PSK or WPA2-PSK authentication
mode. Select “TKIP” or “AES” in the encryption led as encryption mode to begin
the encryption proceed. Note: 8 to 64 characters are required in this eld.
Wireless Network Key (WEP)
This option is congurable only if you enable WEP in Network Authentication eld.
The WEP Key is a 64 bits (5 byte) or 128 bits (13 byte) Hexadecimal digits which is
used to encrypt and decrypt data packets.