User guide

030-300239 Rev. A 48 March 2008
Verizon FiOS Router
(
Model 9100VM
)
User Guide
WPA Pre-Shared Key The WPA key can be either 8 to 63 text (ASCII) characters or 64 hexadecimal (Hex) characters.
The only allowable hexadecimal characters are: A-F and 0-9.
Group Key Update
Interval (in seconds)
The number of seconds between rekeying the WPA group key. A value of zero means that
rekeying is disabled.
After you have selected the security type, select the desired authentication method from the Authentication Method
drop-down list.
12.3.5.1.1 Authentication Method—Pre-Shared Key
If you select Pre-Shared key as the authentication method for WPA, the following screen will appear. Configuring
Pre-Shared Key in the Router allows devices that know the pre-shared key to connect to the Router.
NOTE: A WPA pre-shared key is treated as either a string of text (ASCII) characters or a set of
hexadecimal (Hex) characters. The key can be either 8 to 63 text (ASCII) characters or 64 hexadecimal
(Hex) characters. The only allowable hexadecimal characters are: 0-9 and A-F.
To configure the WPA Pre-Shared Key, do the following:
1. Select the string type (ASCII or HEX) in the Pre-Shared Key drop-down list.
2. Enter the desired pre-shared key values in the field provided.
3. Select the desired option from the Encryptoin Algorithm drop-down list.
• TKIP: Select this option to enable the Temporal Key Integrity Protocol for data encryption.