Owner's Manual

Available Basic Network Security Protocols

Several different basic network security protocols are available with your DW WLAN Card:

• Open

• Shared

• WPA-Personal (PSK)

• WPA2-Personal (PSK)

The available basic network security protocols are described in

Table 1. Basic Network Security Protocols.

Table 1. Basic Network Security Protocols

Security Type Description Encryption Type Authentication

Method

Encryption

Method

authentication

(Open)

Open security is not really authentication

because it only identifies a wireless node

using its wireless adapter hardware

address.

WEP or none None A network key

can be used for

WEP security.

Shared Shared security verifies that the wireless

network has been configured with a secret

key. With an infrastructure network, all of

the wireless clients and the wireless

WEP or none Shared A network key is

used for WEP

security.