Network Router User Manual

ADVANCED SETUP

If you use encryption, configure the same keys used for the Router on

each of your wireless clients. Note that Wired Equivalent Privacy

(WEP) protects data transmitted between wireless nodes, but does

not protect any transmissions over your wired network or over the

Internet.

WPA

Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) combines Temporal Key Integrity

Protocol (TKIP) and 802.1x mechanisms. It provides dynamic key

encryption and 802.1x authentication service. With TKIP, WPA uses

48-bit initialization vectors, calculates an 8-byte message integrity

code, and generates an encryption key periodically. For

authentication, it allows you to use 802.1x authentication for an

environment with a RADIUS server installed on your network.

Selecting the Pre-shared Key enables WPA to use the pre-shared key

in a SOHO network.