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2-7-3. WPA Pre-shared Key
WPA Pre-shared key is the safest encryption method currently, and it’s recommended to use this encryption
method to ensure the safety of your data.
When you select ‘WPA pre-shared key’ as encryption type, the following messages will be displayed:
Here are descriptions of every setup item:
WPA Unicast Cipher Suite Available options are: WPA (TKIP), WPA2 (AES), and WPA2 Mixed. You can select
one of them, but you have to make sure your wireless client support the cipher
you selected.
Pre-shared Key Format Please select the format of pre-shared key here, available options are
‘Passphrase’ (8 to 63 alphanumerical characters) and ‘Hex’ (64 hexadecimal
characters – 0 to 9 and a to f).
Pre-shared Key Please input pre-shared key according to the key format you selected here.
For security reason, don’t use simple words).
After you finish with setting, please click ‘Apply’, and the following message will be displayed:
When you see this message, the settings you made is successfully save. You can click ‘Continue’ button to back
to previous page and continue on other setting items, or click ‘Apply’ button to restart the wireless access point
and the changes will take effect after about 30 seconds.