System information

Wireless Configuration and Security

ProSAFE Single Band 802.11n Wireless Access Point WN203

• WPA2-PSK

Figure 14. WPA2-PSK

• WPA-PSK & WPA2-PSK

Figure 15. WPA-PSK & WPA2-PSK

Table 4. Settings for WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK, and WPA-PSK & WPA2-PSK

Setting Descriptions

Data Encryption TKIP Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP) is the standard encryption method

used with WPA. Y

ou can also use TKIP with WPA2.

AES Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) is the standard encryption method used

with WPA2.

TKIP + AES TKIP +

AES supports both WPA and WPA2. Broadcast packets use TKIP. For

unicast (point-to-point) transmissions, WPA clients use TKIP

, and WPA2

clients use AES.

For the WPA & WPA2 mixed mode, TKIP + AES is the only supported data

encryption method.

Passphrase Enter a passphrase. The passphrase length needs to be between 8 and 63 characters

(inclusive).

The default passphrase is sharedsecret.

You can display the actual passphrase by selecting the Show Passphrase in Clear

Text

s radio button.

Show Passphrase

in Clear Text

Select the Ye

s radio button to display the actual passphrase in the Passphrase field. The

default setting is No.

Note: TKIP provides only legacy (slower) rates of operation. If you want to

use the 11n rates and speed, NETGEAR recommends WPA2 authentication

with AES encryption.

Note: Although some wireless clients might support AES with WPA, the

WN203 wireless access point does not support WPA with AES.