User's Manual

Fields Description

SelectEncryption SelecttheEncryptionModefromthepulldownmenu.

Authentication OpenSystem:Opensystemauthenticationprovidesidentificationforusingthe

wirelessadapter'sMACaddress.Opensystemauthenticationisusedwhenno

authenticationisrequired.

SharedKey:Itverifiesthatanauthentication‐initiatingstationhasknowledgeofa

sharedsecret.The802.11standardcurrentlyassumesthatthesharedsecretis

delivered

totheparticipatingwirelessclientsbymeansofamoresecurechannelthat

isindependentofIEEE802.11.

Auto:Autoisthedefaultauthenticationalgorithm.Itwillchangeitsauthentication

typeautomaticallytofulfillclient’srequirement.

KeyLength SelecttheKeylength

KeyFormat WhenKeyLengthisselectedas64‐bitesthenInputASCII(5Characters)orHex(10

Characters)

WhenKeyLengthisselectedas128‐bitsthenInputASCII(13Characters)orHex(128

Character)

EncryptionKey UsercanenterthecharactersbasedonselectedKeyLength&KeyFormat.The

formatcanbepassphraseorcharacters.

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Fields Description

SelectEncryption SelecttheEncryptionModefromthepulldownmenu.

Pre‐Authentication SelectPre‐AuthenticationasPersonalorEnterprise.

EncryptionType TKIP:TemporalKeyIntegrityProtocol(TKIP)fordataEncryption.TKIPutilizesa

strongerencryptionmethodandincorporatesMessageIntegrityCode(MIC)to

provideprotectionagainsthackers.

AES:AdvancedEncryptionStandard(AES)fordataencryption.AESutilizeda

symmetric128‐bitblockdataencryption.

AUTO:AutoisthedefaultEncryption

Type.Itwillchangeautomaticallytofulfill

client’srequirement.

Pre‐sharedKey UsercanenterMaximumnumberofKeyLength.Theformatcanbepassphraseor

anycharacters.

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