TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender Rev: 1.0.
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FCC STATEMENT This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.
National restrictions This device is intended for home and office use in all EU countries (and other countries following the EU directive 1999/5/EC) without any limitation except for the countries mentioned below: Country Restriction Reason/remark Bulgaria None General authorization required for outdoor use and public service France Outdoor use limited to 10 mW e.i.r.p. within the band 2454-2483.5 MHz Military Radiolocation use. Refarming of the 2.
TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY For the following equipment: Product Description: 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender Model No.: TL-WA830RE Trademark: TP-LINK We declare under our own responsibility that the above products satisfy all the technical regulations applicable to the product within the scope of Council Directives: Directives 1999/5/EC The above product is in conformity with the following standards or other normative documents ETSI EN 300 328 V1.7.
CONTENTS Package Contents ..................................................................................................... I Chapter 1 Introduction........................................................................................... 1 1.1 Product Overview.............................................................................................. 1 1.2 Main Features ................................................................................................... 2 1.3 Appearance..........
4.7.5 Factory Defaults...............................................................................................45 4.7.6 Backup & Restore............................................................................................45 4.7.7 Reboot .............................................................................................................46 4.7.8 Password .........................................................................................................47 4.7.9 System Log..
Package Contents The following items should be found in your package: ¾ One TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender ¾ Ethernet Cable ¾ One Power Adapter for TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender ¾ Quick Installation Guide ¾ One Resource CD for TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender, including: z This User Guide z Other helpful information ) Note: Make sure that the package contains the above items.
TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide Chapter 1 Introduction Thank you for choosing the TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender. 1.1 Product Overview The TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender is dedicated to Small Office/Home Office (SOHO) wireless network solutions. It allows for greater range and mobility within your wireless network while also allowing you to connect the wireless devices to a wired environment.
TL-WA830RE 1.2 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide Main Features ¾ Make use of IEEE 802.11n wireless technology ¾ Provides multiple encryption security Types including: 64/128/152-bit WEP WPA/WPA2 WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK ¾ Supports Built-in DHCP server ¾ Supports MAC address filtering ¾ Supports multiple operating modes including: Range Extender, Access Point ¾ Supports Firmware Upgrade ¾ Supports Remote and Web management 1.3 Appearance 1.3.
TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide 1.3.2 The Rear Panel Figure 1-2 Viewed from left to right, the following parts are located on the rear panel of TL-WA830RE. Wireless antenna：The external antenna is used to transmit and receive wireless data. POWER: The power port connects to the power adapter provided with the TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender. LAN: One LAN 10/100Mbps RJ45 port connects to a network device, such as a switch or a router.
TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide Chapter 2 Hardware Installation 2.1 Before You Begin Please read this User Guide carefully before installing and using the equipment. The operating distance range of your wireless connection can vary significantly depending on the physical position of the wireless devices. Factors that can weaken signals by getting in the way of your network’s radio waves are metal appliances or obstructions, and walls.
TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide Figure 2-1 The Example of Infrastructure Network Incorporating the TL-WA830RE To establish a typical connection of the AP, please take the following steps: 1. Connect the Cable or DSL modem to a Router. 2. Locate an optimum location for the AP. The best place is usually near the center of the area in which your PC(s) will wirelessly connect. 3. Adjust the direction of the antenna. Normally, upright is a good direction. 4.
TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide Chapter 3 Quick Installation Guide This chapter will guide you to configure your PC to communicate with the AP and to configure and manage the TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender easily with a Web-based utility. 3.1 Configure the PC The wireless adapter-equipped computers in your network must be in the same IP Address range without overlap with each other. Manually configure the IP address as 192.168.0.
TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide Figure 3-2 3. In the General tab of Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Properties window, highlight Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) and click Properties.
TL-WA830RE 4. 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide Configure the IP address manually. 1) Select Use the following IP address. 2) Enter 192.168.0.* (* is any integer between 1 to 253) into the IP address filed, 255.255.255.0 into the Subnet mask filed and 192.168.0.254 into the Default gateway filed. 3) Click OK to keep your settings. Figure 3-4 5. Verify the network connection between your PC and the AP via the Ping command. The following example is in Windows XP Operating System.
TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide If the result displayed is similar to that shown as Figure 3-6 below, it means that your PC has not connected to the AP. Figure 3-6 Please check following these steps: 3.2 a) Check to see if your PC and the AP are right connected. The LED of LAN port which you link to on the device and the LED on your PC’s adapter should be lit up. b) Make sure the TCP/IP for your PC is right configured. If the AP’s IP address is 192.168.0.
TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide ) Note: If the above screen does not prompt, it means that your web-browser has been set to a proxy. Go to Tools menu>Internet Options>Connections>LAN Settings, in the screen that appears, cancel the Using Proxy checkbox, and click OK to finish it. 2. After successfully logging in, click the Quick Setup menu to quickly configure your AP and the following figure will display. Click Next to continue. Figure 3-9 Quick Setup 3.
TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide Figure 3-11 AP List 2) Find the SSID of the Access Point / Router you want to access, and click Connect in the corresponding row. For example, the first item is selected. The MAC address will be automatically filled into the corresponding box which is shown as the Figure 3-12 .
TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide Figure 3-12 Quick Setup – Range Extender Mode ¾ Operation Mode - Two Operation Modes are supported, including: Range Extender and Access Point. ¾ MAC of AP - The MAC address of the desired AP. The AP client will connect to the desired AP according to MAC address. ) Note: ¾ 1. In Range Extender mode, the wireless repeater relays signal between its stations and the root AP for greater wireless range.
TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide ¾ Enable Wireless Radio - Select or deselect this check box to allow or deny wireless stations to access the device. ¾ Wireless Security - Wireless Security will enable you to configure wireless security for your wireless network to protect your data from intruders. There are four options, which are explained below. • None - If the network of the desired AP/ Router is unsecured, please choose this option.
TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide Figure 3-13 Quick Setup – Access Point Mode ¾ Operation Mode - Two Operation Modes are supported, including: Access Point and Range Extender. ¾ SSID - Enter a value of up to 32 characters. The same name of SSID (Service Set Identification) must be assigned to all wireless devices in your network.
TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide ¾ Enable Wireless Radio - Select or deselect this check box to allow or deny wireless stations to access the device. ¾ Enable SSID Broadcast - Select or deselect this check box to allow or deny the device to broadcast its name (SSID) on the air. If it’s allowed, when wireless clients survey the local area for wireless networks to associate with, they will detect the SSID broadcast by the device.
TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide Encryption - When you select WPA-PSK or WPA2-PSK for Authentication Type, you can select either Automatic, TKIP or AES as Encryption. PSK Password - Enter a password for your wireless network here, which should be ASCII characters between 8 and 63 or Hexadecimal characters between 8 and 64. • No Change - If you choose this option, wireless security configuration will not change.
TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide Chapter 4 Configure the Device This Chapter describes how to configure your Access Point via the web-based management page. The TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender is easy to configure and manage with the Web-based (Internet Explorer, Netscape® Navigator, Firefox, Safari, Opera or Chrome) management page, which can be launched on any windows, Macintosh or UNIX OS with a web browser.
TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide ¾ Wired - This field displays the current settings or information for the Network, including the MAC address, IP address and Subnet Mask. ¾ Wireless - This field displays basic information or status for wireless function, including Wireless Mode, SSID, Channel, Mode, Channel Width, Max Tx Rate and MAC Address. ¾ Traffic Statistics - This field displays the AP's traffic statistics.
TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide ¾ QSS Status - To enable or disable the QSS function here. ¾ Current PIN - The current value of the device's PIN is displayed here. The default PIN of the device can be found in the label or User Guide. ¾ Restore PIN - Restore the PIN of the device to its default. ¾ Gen New PIN - Click this button, and then you can get a new random value for the device's PIN. You can ensure the network security by generating a new PIN.
TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide Figure 4-4 The QSS Configuration Screen of Wireless Adapter Step 4: Wait for a while until the next screen appears. Click Finish to complete the QSS configuration. Figure 4-5 The QSS Configuration Screen of Wireless Adapter Method Two: Enter the PIN into my AP Step 1: Keep the QSS Status as Enabled and click the Add device button in Figure 4-2, then the following screen will appear.
TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide Figure 4-6 Step 2: Choose “Enter the new device's PIN” and enter the PIN code （take 16952898 for example） of the wireless adapter in the field after PIN as shown in the figure above. Then click Connect. ) Note: The PIN code of the adapter is always displayed on the QSS configuration screen as shown in the following figure.
TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide Step 2: For the configuration of the wireless adapter, please choose “Enter a PIN from my access point” in the configuration utility of the QSS as below, and enter the PIN code of the AP into the field after “Access Point PIN”. Then click Next. Figure 4-8 The QSS Configuration Screen of Wireless Adapter ) Note: The default PIN code of the AP can be found in its label or the QSS configuration screen as Figure 4-2.
TL-WA830RE 4.4 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide Network The Network option allows you to customize your local network manually by changing the default settings of the AP. Selecting Network will enable you to configure the IP parameters of Network on this page. Figure 4-10 Network ¾ Type - Select Dynamic IP to get IP address from DHCP server or select Static IP to configure IP address manually from the drop-down list.
TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide Wireless Security, Wireless MAC Filtering, Wireless Advanced, Throughput Monitor and Wireless Statistics. Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding function. The detailed explanations for each submenu are provided below. Figure 4-11 Wireless menu 4.5.1 Wireless Settings Selecting Wireless > Wireless Settings will enable you to configure the basic settings for your wireless network on the screen below (Figure 4-13).
TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide ) Note: ¾ 1. In Range Extender mode, the wireless repeater relays signal between its stations and the root AP for greater wireless range. The MAC address of root AP can be automatically filled into corresponding box by clicking the Survey button and selecting the desired item. 2. If you know the MAC address of the desired AP, you can also input it into the field "MAC of AP" manually.
TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide 2) Access Point: This mode allows wireless stations to access this device. Figure 4-13 Wireless Settings in Access Point mode ¾ Operation Mode - Two Operation Modes are supported, including: Access Point and Range Extender. ¾ SSID (Set Service Identifier) - Identifies your wireless network name. Create a name up to 32 characters and make sure all wireless points in the wireless network with the same SSID.
TL-WA830RE ¾ 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide Mode - Select the desired wireless mode. The options are: • 11b only - Only 802.11b wireless stations can connect to the device. • 11g only - Only 802.11g wireless stations can connect to the device. • 11n only - Only 802.11n wireless stations can connect to the device. • 11bg mixed - Both 802.11b and 802.11g wireless stations can connect to the device. • 11bgn mixed - All 802.11b, 802.11g and 802.
TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide 1) Range Extender Figure 4-14 Wireless Security – Range Extender ¾ Operation Mode - Shows the current operation mode. ¾ Disable Security - Check this box radio button to disable wireless security. If disabled, the wireless stations will be able to connect this device without encryption. It is strongly recommended that you choose one of the security types to enable security. ¾ WEP - Select 802.11 WEP security.
TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide • Key Type - You can select the WEP key length (64-bit, or 128-bit, or 152-bit.) for encryption. "Disabled" means this WEP key entry is invalid. 1) For 64-bit encryption - You can enter 10 hexadecimal digits (any combination of 0-9, a-f, A-F, zero key is not permitted) or 5 ASCII characters. 2) For 128-bit encryption - You can enter 26 hexadecimal digits (any combination of 0-9, a-f, A-F, zero key is not permitted) or 13 ASCII characters.
TL-WA830RE 2) 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide Access Point Figure 4-15 Wireless Security - Access Point ¾ Operation Mode - Shows the current operation mode. ¾ Disable Security - Check this box radio button to disable wireless security. If disabled, the wireless stations will be able to connect this device without encryption. It is strongly recommended that you choose one of the security types to enable security. ¾ WEP - Select 802.11 WEP security.
TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide • WEP Key Format - You can select ASCII or Hexadecimal format. ASCII format stands for any combination of keyboard characters in the specified length. Hexadecimal format stands for any combination of hexadecimal digits (0-9, a-f, A-F) in the specified length. • WEP Key - Select which of the four keys will be used and enter the matching WEP key information for your network in the selected key radio button.
TL-WA830RE • 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide Group Key Update Period - Specify the group key update interval in seconds. The value can be either 0 or at least 30. Enter 0 to disable the update. Be sure to click the Save button to save your settings on this page. ) Note: You will be reminded to reboot the device after clicking the Save button. 4.5.
TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide Figure 4-17 Add or Modify Wireless MAC Address Filtering entry ¾ MAC Address - Enter the wireless station's MAC address that you want to control. ¾ Description - Give a simple description of the wireless station. ¾ Status - Select a status for this entry, either Enabled or Disabled. To set up an entry, follow these instructions: First, you must decide whether the unspecified wireless stations can access the device or not.
TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide For example: If you desire that the wireless station A with MAC address 00-0A-EB-00- 07-BE is able to access the device, while all other wireless stations cannot access the device, you should configure the Wireless MAC Address Filtering list by following these steps: 1. Click the Enable button to enable this function. 2. Select the radio button: Deny the stations not specified by any enabled entries in the list to access for Filtering Rules. 3.
TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide ¾ Beacon Interval - Specifies a value between 20-1000 milliseconds. The beacons are the packets sent by the device to synchronize a wireless network. Beacon Interval value determines the time interval of the beacons. The default value is 100. ¾ RTS Threshold - Specifies the RTS (Request to Send) Threshold.
TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide ¾ Run Time - How long this function is running. ¾ Transmit - Wireless transmit rate information. ¾ Receive - Wireless receive rate information. Click the Start button to start wireless throughput monitor. Click the Stop button to stop wireless throughput monitor. 4.5.6 Wireless Statistics Selecting Wireless > Wireless Statistics will allow you to see the wireless transmission information in the following screen shown in Figure 4-20.
TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide need to manually assign new IP addresses. There are three submenus under the DHCP menu (shown as Figure 4-21): DHCP Settings, DHCP Clients List and Address Reservation. Clicking any of them will enable you to configure the corresponding function. The detailed explanations for each submenu are provided below. Figure 4-21 The DHCP menu 4.6.
TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide ¾ Default Gateway (optional) - Enter the IP address of the gateway for your LAN. The factory default setting is 0.0.0.0. ¾ Default Domain (optional) - Enter the domain name of the your DHCP server. You can leave the field blank. ¾ Primary DNS (optional) - Enter the DNS IP address provided by your ISP. Consult your ISP if you don’t know the DNS value. The factory default setting is 0.0.0.0.
TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide Figure 4-24 Address Reservation ¾ MAC Address - Here displays the MAC address of the PC for which you want to reserve an IP address. ¾ Reserved IP Address - Here displays the IP address that the AP is reserved. ¾ Status - Here shows whether the entry is enabled or not ¾ Modify - To modify or delete an existing entry. To Reserve IP addresses: 1. Click the Add New... button to add a new Address Reservation entry. 2.
TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide to the device’s web-based management page. Besides, you can find out what happened to the system in System Log. There are nine submenus under the System Tools menu (shown as Figure 4-25): SNMP, Diagnostic, Firmware Upgrade, Factory Defaults, Backup & Restore, Ping Watch Dog, Reboot, Password, and System Log. Clicking any of them will enable you to configure the corresponding function. The detailed explanations for each submenu are provided below.
TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide Figure 4-26 SNMP Settings ¾ SNMP Agent - Select the radio button before Enable will enable this function if you want to have remote control through SNMPv1/v2 agent with MIB-II. Select the radio button before Disable will disable this function. The default setting is Disable. ¾ SysContact - The textual identification of the contact person for this managed node. ¾ SysName - An administratively-assigned name for this managed node.
TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide Figure 4-27 Diagnostic Diagnostic Tools - Click the radio button to select one diagnostic tool • Ping - This diagnostic tool troubleshoots connectivity, reachability, and name resolution to a given host or gateway by using the Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) protocol's mandatory Echo Request datagram to elicit an ICMP Echo Response from a host or gateway. You can use ping to test both numeric IP address or domain name.
TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide the Echo Reply message returned by the destination. However, some gateways do not return Time Exceeded messages for packets with expired TTL values and are invisible to the traceroute tool. In this case, a row of asterisks (*) is displayed for that hop. IP Address - Enter the IP Address (such as 202.108.22.5) of the PC whose connection you wish to diagnose. Ping Count - Specifies the number of Echo Request messages sent. The default is 4.
TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide Figure 4-29 Ping Watch Dog Utility ¾ Enable - Turn on/off Ping Watch Dog. ¾ IP Address - The IP address of the target host where the Ping Watch Dog Utility is sending ping packets. ¾ Interval - Time internal between two ping packets which are sent out continuously. ¾ Delay - Time delay before first ping packet is sent out when the device is restarted. ¾ Fail Count - Upper limit of the ping packet the device can drop continuously.
TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide ) Note: 1. There is no need to upgrade the firmware unless the new firmware has a new feature you want to use. However, when experiencing problems caused by the device itself, you can try to upgrade the firmware. 2. Before upgrading the device’s firmware, you should write down some of your customized settings to avoid losing important configuration settings of device. To upgrade the device's firmware, follow these instructions: 1.
TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide Figure 4-32 Save or Restore the Configuration Click Backup to save all configuration settings to your local computer as a file. To restore the device's configuration, follow these instructions: • Click Browse… to find the configuration file which you want to restore. • Click Restore to update the configuration with the file whose path is the one you have input or selected in the blank. ) Note: 1.
TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide 4.7.8 Password Selecting System Tools > Password allows you to change the factory default user name and password of the device on the screen shown in Figure 4-34. Figure 4-34 Password It is strongly recommended that you change the factory default user name and password of the device. All users who try to access the device's web-based management page or Quick Setup will be prompted for the device's user name and password.
TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide Figure 4-35 System Log The device can keep logs of all traffic. You can query the logs to find what happened to the device. ¾ Log Type - By selecting the log type, only logs of this type will be shown. ¾ Log Level - By selecting the log level, only logs of this level will be shown. Click the Refresh button to show the latest log list.. Click the Save Log button to save all the logs in a txt file.
TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide Appendix A: Application Example The TL-WA830RE relays signal between its stations and the root AP for greater wireless range. It allows you to connect the device with a Router around without any cable. Providing that you want to connect your computer equipped with wireless adapter to a wired network wirelessly, you can take the following instructions. 1. 2. Configure the Range Extender via a wired connection.
TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide 2) On the My Network Connections window, right-click Wireless Network and choose Enable to enable wireless network function. 3) Right-click the wireless connection icon “ View Available Wireless Networks. 4) Highlight the SSID of the Range Extender (Here is TP-LINK) and click Connect to add to the network.
TL-WA830RE 5) 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide Then the following page will display, which indicates you have been successfully added to the network wirelessly.
TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide Appendix B: Factory Defaults Item Default Value Common Default Settings Username admin Password admin IP Address 192.168.0.254 Subnet Mask 255.255.255.0 Wireless SSID TP-LINK_XXXXXX Wireless Security Disable Wireless MAC Address Filtering Disable DHCP DHCP Server Disable Start IP Address 192.168.0.100 End IP Address 192.168.0.199 Address Lease Time 120 minutes (Range:1 ~ 2880 minutes) Default Gateway (optional) 0.0.0.
TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide Appendix C: Troubleshooting 1. No LEDs are lit on the access point. It takes a few seconds for the Power LED to light up. Wait a minute and check the status of Power LED. If there the LED is still off, check the following items. 2. 1) Make sure the power cord is connected to the Access Point. 2) Make sure the power adapter is connected to a functioning electrical outlet and the switch of the electrical outlet is on.
TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide Appendix D: Specifications General Standards and Protocols IEEE 802.3, 802.3u, 802.11n, 802.11b and 802.11g, TCP/IP, DHCP Safety & Emission FCC、CE Ports One 10/100M Auto-Negotiation LAN RJ45 port Cabling Type 10BASE-T: UTP category 3, 4, 5 cable (maximum 100m) EIA/TIA-568 100Ω STP (maximum 100m) 100BASE-TX: UTP category 5, 5e cable (maximum 100m) EIA/TIA-568 100Ω STP (maximum 100m) Wireless Frequency Band 2.4~2.
TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide Appendix E: Glossary ¾ 802.11b - The 802.11b standard specifies a wireless networking at 11 Mbps using direct-sequence spread-spectrum (DSSS) technology and operating in the unlicensed radio spectrum at 2.4GHz, and WEP encryption for security. 802.11b networks are also referred to as Wi-Fi networks. ¾ 802.
TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide improves on the authentication and encryption features of WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy). In fact, WPA was developed by the networking industry in response to the shortcomings of WEP. One of the key technologies behind WPA is the Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP). TKIP addresses the encryption weaknesses of WEP. Another key component of WPA is built-in authentication that WEP does not offer.
