User's Manual
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[NetworkAuthentication]
‐‐OpenSystem:Noauthenticationisneededamongthewirelessdevices.
‐‐ Shared Key: Only Wireless device using a shared key (WEP Key identified) is allowed to
connectingeachother.Setupthesamekeyasthewirelessdevicewhich thecardintendsto
connect.
‐‐ WPA‐PSK: It is a
special modem of WPA for home users without an enterprise
authenticationserverandprovidesthesamestrongencryptionprotection.
‐‐ WPA2‐PSK (for WPA2 Personal): This option will be present onlyif the wireless network
adapteranditsdriversupportWPA2.
‐‐ WPA 802.1X: 802.1x authentication is required in WPA. In the
802.11 standard, 802.1x
authenticationwasoptional.
‐‐ WPA2 802.1X: WPA2 is the next‐generation Wi‐Fi security standard, combining the most
powerful authentication and encryption techniques to protect wireless networks from
unauthorized use. Based upon the recently‐ratified IEEE 802.11i standard, WPA2 adds the
Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) to the original
WPA specification to provide the
greatest levels of network security available. The National Institute of Standards and
Technology(NIST)advocatestheuseofAESsecuritytoprotectsensitivedigitalinformation
ongovernmentnetworks.