User Manual

Long Range Wireless Access Point / Client Bridge Version 1.0
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4.4.1.2 Wireless Security – WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK, WPA-Mixed
 Security Mode: Select WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK, or WPA-Mixed from the
drop-down list if your wireless network uses WPA pre-shared key.
 Encryption: Select TKIP or AES from the drop-down list if your wireless
network uses this encryption. WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access) was
designed to improve upon the security features of WEP (Wired
Equivalent Privacy). The technology is designed to work with existing
Wi-Fi products that have been enabled with WEP. WPA provides
improved data encryption through the Temporal Integrity Protocol
(TKIP), which scrambles the keys using a hashing algorithm and by
adding an integrity checking feature which makes sure that keys
haven’t been tampered with.
 Passphrase: Specify a passphrase that is shared amongst the
Access Points and clients.
 Group Key Update Interval: Specify the number of seconds after
which the Access Point will probe the client for the passphrase.
 Click on the Apply button to save the changes.
4.4.1.3 Wireless Security – WPA, WPA2
 Security Mode: Select WPA or WPA2 from the drop-down list if your
wireless network uses WPA. WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access) was
designed to improve upon the security features of WEP (Wired