User's Manual

key (PSK) on the access point and clients. PSK authenticates users via a
password, or identifying code, on both the client station and the access point.
No authentication server is needed. Personal Mode is targeted to home and
small business environments.
WPA-Enterprise and WPA2-Enterprise: Provide this level of security on
enterprise networks with an 802.1x RADIUS server. An authentication type is
selected to match the authentication protocol of the 802.1x server.
WPA-Personal and WPA2-Personal: Provide this level of security in the
small network or home environment. It uses a password also called a pre-
shared key (PSK). The longer the password, the stronger the security of the
wireless network. If your wireless access point or router supports WPA-
Personal and WPA2-Personal then you should enable it on the access point
and provide a long, strong password. The same password entered into access
point needs to be used on this computer and all other wireless devices that
access the wireless network.
NOTE: WPA-Personal and WPA2-Personal are not interoperable.
AES-CCMP - (Advanced Encryption Standard - Counter CBC-MAC Protocol) It
is the new method for privacy protection of wireless transmissions specified in
the IEEE 802.11i standard. AES-CCMP provides a stronger encryption method
than TKIP. Choose AES-CCMP as the data encryption method whenever strong
data protection is important.
NOTE: Some security solutions may not be supported by your
computer’s operating system and may require additional software
or hardware as well as wireless LAN infrastructure support. Check
with your computer manufacturer for details.
TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity Protocol) is an enhancement to WEP (Wired
Equivalent Privacy) security. TKIP provides per-packet key mixing, a message
integrity check and a rekeying mechanism, which fixes the flaws of WEP.
MD5
Message Digest 5 (MD5) is a one-way authentication method that uses user