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85Mbps HomePlug Wireless G Ethernet Adapter – User Guide
5.4.2 Security
It is important for user to enforce security in wireless LAN environment, this is to prevent
unauthorized wireless users from accessing your router. By default, the ‘None’ is selected for the
Encryption Type. See Figure 32.
In order to implement security, proceed with the following steps.
a. Select the Shared option for the Encryption Type.
b. Select the Auto Switch option for the Authentication Type.
c. Under Key 1 box, 10 Hexadecimal (0-9, or A-F) digits are needed if 64-bit WEP is used
and 26 Hexadecimal digits are needed if 128-bit WEP is used. For example, the characters
“1122aabbcc” are in 10 Hexadecimal digits.
d. You can configure up to 4 sets of keys for your wireless access point.
WPA is the short term for WiFi Protected Access. WPA is an industry-supported, pre-standard
version of 802.11i that utilizes the Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP), which fixes the
problems of WEP, which includes using dynamic keys.
Enter the IP Address of the RADIUS Server (for 802.1x authentication purposes). This is used
only when you have a RADIUS Server and want to use it for authentication. Almost all homes
and offices do not have a RADIUS Server.
Figure 32 : Wireless Security
Click Apply to take effect the setting.
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