User`s guide

SpeedStream Wireless DSL Gateway Advanced Features
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Wireless Setup WPA PSK Option (Advanced Home Networking)
WPA security changes encryption keys after a specified amount of time. This is the most secure option
for wireless networks. This section assumes you currently have the “Wireless Security Configuration”
window displayed on your computer.
To use the WPA option:
1. Select the WEP 64-bits option from the “Security Mode” drop-down.
2. Optionally, select the “Enable SSID Broadcast” option if you wish if you wish for wireless users to
see the existence of your wireless router with the associated SSID. This could cause a security
problem if outside users can determine your channel and encryption. Disabling the SSID broadcast
prevents outside users from seeing the existence of your wireless router.
3. Click Next.
Figure 60. Wireless Security Configuration WPA-PSK
4. The “Wireless WPA Configuration” window is used to configure the algorithm, shared key, and key
renewal options. Select one of the following options from the “Algorithms” drop-down:
• TKIP: (Temporal Key Integrity Protocol) TKIP is a more powerful security protocol than WEP
and supports: Verification of the security configuration after the encryption keys are determined,
synchronizes changing of the unicast encryption key for each frame, and the determines a unique
starting unicast encryption key for each pre-shared key authentication.
• AES: (Advanced Encryption Standard) AES supports a private key algorithm that ranges from
128 to 256 bits.