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Wireless Security

This section will show you the different levels of security you can use to protect your data from intruders. The DIR-826L offers the

following types of security:

• WPA2 (Wi-Fi Protected Access 2)

• WPA2-PSK (Pre-Shared Key)

• WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access)

• WPA-PSK (Pre-Shared Key)

What is WPA?

WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access), is a Wi-Fi standard that was designed to improve the security features of WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy).

The 2 major improvements over WEP:

• Improved data encryption through the Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP). TKIP scrambles the keys using a hashing

algorithm and, by adding an integrity-checking feature, ensures that the keys haven’t been tampered with. WPA2 is

based on 802.11i and uses Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) instead of TKIP.

• User authentication, which is generally missing in WEP, through the extensible authentication protocol (EAP). WEP

regulates access to a wireless network based on a computer’s hardware-specific MAC address, which is relatively simple

to be sniffed out and stolen. EAP is built on a more secure public-key encryption system to ensure that only authorized

network users can access the network.

WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK uses a passphrase or key to authenticate your wireless connection. The key is an alpha-numeric password between

8 and 63 characters long. The password can include symbols (!?*&_) and spaces. This key must be the exact same key entered on your

wireless router or access point.

WPA/WPA2 incorporates user authentication through the Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP). EAP is built on a more secure public

key encryption system to ensure that only authorized network users can access the network.

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Wireless Security Setup Wizard

To run the security wizard, click on Setup at the top and then click

Wireless.Network.Setup.Wizard

.

Type your desired wireless network name (SSID).

Automatically:.

Select this option to automatically generate

the router’s network key and click

Next

.

Manually:

Select this option to manually enter your network

key and click

Next

.

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If you selected

Automatically

, the summary window will display

your settings. Write down the security key and enter this on your

wireless clients. Click

Save

to save your settings.

If you selected

Manually

, the following screen will appear. Create

a passphrase for your security password. Click

Next

to continue.

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From the

Setup

>

Wireless.Settings

screen, click

Add.Wireless.

Device.with.WPS

.

Add Wireless Device with WPS Wizard

If you select

Manual

, a settings summary screen will appear. Write

down the security key and enter this on your wireless clients. Click

OK

to finish.

Select

Auto

to add a wireless client using WPS (Wi-Fi Protected

Setup) and then click

Next

. Skip to the next page.

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PIN:

Select this option to use PIN method. In order to use this

method you must know the wireless client’s 8 digit PIN and click

Connect

.

PBC:.

Select this option to use PBC (Push Button) method to add

a wireless client. Click

Connect

.

Once you click

.Connect

, you will have a 120 second time limit

to apply the settings to your wireless client(s) and successfully

establish a connection.