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By default the wireless security of this router will be disabled. In this

next option the user can enabled or disable wireless security for the

5 GHz frequency band. There are two types of encryption that can be

used. WEP or WPA/WPA2.

Wireless Security Mode: WEP

Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) is the most basic form of encryption that

can be used for wireless networks. Even though it is known as a ‘weak’

security method, it is better than no security at all. Older wireless adapt-

er may only support WEP encryption and thus we still find this encryp-

tion method used today.

The following parameters will be available for configuration:

WEP Key Length:

Here the user can specify to either use a

64-bit or a 128-bit encrypted key.

Authentication:

Authentication is a process by which the

router verifies the identity of a network

device that is attempting to join the wire-

less network. There are two types authen-

tication for this device when using WEP.

Open System

allows all wireless devices

to communicate with the router before

they are required to provide the encryp-

tion key needed to gain access to the

network.

Shared Key

requires any wire-

less device attempting to communicate

with the router to provide the encryption

key needed to access the network before

they are allowed to communicate with the

router.

WEP Key 1:

Enter the WEP key used here. For 64-bit keys you must enter 10 hex digits into each key box. For 128-bit keys you

must enter 26 hex digits into each key box. A hex digit is either a number from 0 to 9 or a letter from A to F. You

may also enter any text string into a WEP key box, in which case it will be converted into a hexadecimal key using

the ASCII values of the characters. A maximum of 5 text characters can be entered for 64-bit keys, and a maximum

of 13 characters for 128-bit keys.

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Wireless Security Mode: WPA-Personal

Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) is the most advanced and up to date

wireless encryption method used today. This is the recommended

wireless security option. WPA supports two authentication frameworks.

Personal (PSK) and Enterprise (EAP).

The following parameters will be available for configuration:

WPA Mode:

WPA is the older standard; select this

option if the clients that will be used

with the router only support the

older standard. WPA2 is the newer

implementation of the stronger IEEE

802.11i security standard. With the

WPA2

option, the router tries WPA2 first, but falls

back to WPA if the client only supports

WPA. With the

WPA2 Only

option, the

router associates only with clients that

also support WPA2 security.

Cipher Type:

Select the appropriate cipher type to use

here. Options to choose from are Temporal

Key Integrity Protocol (

TKIP

), Advanced

Encryption Standard (

AES

), and Both (

TKIP

and AES

).

Group Key Update Interval:

Enter the amount of time before the group

key used for broadcast and multicast data

is changed.

Pre-Shared Key:

Enter the shared secret used here. This secret phrase needs to be the same on all of the wireless clients for them to

be able to connect to the wireless network successfully.

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Wireless Security Mode: WPA-Enterprise

Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) is the most advanced and up to date

wireless encryption method used today. This is the recommended

wireless security option. WPA supports two authentication frameworks.

Personal (PSK) and Enterprise (EAP).

The following parameters will be available for configuration:

WPA Mode:

WPA is the older standard; select this

option if the clients that will be used

with the router only support the

older standard. WPA2 is the newer

implementation of the stronger IEEE

802.11i security standard. With the

WPA2

option, the router tries WPA2 first, but falls

back to WPA if the client only supports

WPA. With the

WPA2 Only

option, the

router associates only with clients that

also support WPA2 security.

Cipher Type:

Select the appropriate cipher type to use

here. Options to choose from are Temporal

Key Integrity Protocol (

TKIP

), Advanced

Encryption Standard (

AES

), and Both (

TKIP

and AES

).

Group Key Update Interval:

Enter the amount of time before the group

key used for broadcast and multicast data

is changed.

RADIUS Server IP Address:

When the user chooses to use the EAP

authentication framework, the RADIUS

server’s IP address can be entered here.

RADIUS Server Port:

When the user chooses to use the EAP authentication framework, the RADIUS server’s port number can be entered

here.

RADIUS Server Shared

Secret:

Enter the shared secret used here. This secret phrase needs to be the same on all of the wireless clients for them to

be able to connect to the wireless network successfully.

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Wireless Security Mode: Enable WEP Wireless Security (basic)

Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) is the most basic form of encryption

that can be used for wireless networks. Even though it is known as a

‘weak’ security method, it is better than no security at all. Older wireless

adapter sometimes only supports WEP encryption and thus we still find

this encryption method used today.

The following parameters will be available for configuration:

Authentication:

Authentication is a process by which the

router verifies the identity of a network

device that is attempting to join the

wireless network. There are two types

authentication for this device when

using WEP.

Open System

allows all

wireless devices to communicate with

the router before they are required to

provide the encryption key needed to

gain access to the network.

Shared Key

requires any wireless device attempting to

communicate with the router to provide

the encryption key needed to access

the network before they are allowed to

communicate with the router.

WEP Encryption:

Here the user can specify to either use a

64-bit or a 128-bit encrypted key.

Default WEP Key:

Select the default WEP key number that will be used for the encryption.

WEP Key:

Enter the WEP key used here. For 64-bit keys you must enter 10 hex digits into each key box. For 128-bit keys you

must enter 26 hex digits into each key box. A hex digit is either a number from 0 to 9 or a letter from A to F. You

may also enter any text string into a WEP key box, in which case it will be converted into a hexadecimal key using

the ASCII values of the characters. A maximum of 5 text characters can be entered for 64-bit keys, and a maximum

of 13 characters for 128-bit keys.

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Wireless Security Mode: Enable WPA/WPA2 Wireless Security (enhanced)

Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) is a more advanced and up to date wireless encryption method used today. This is the recommended wireless

security option.

The following parameters will be available for configuration:

Cipher Type:

Select the appropriate cipher type to use

here. Options to choose from are Temporal

Key Integrity Protocol (

TKIP

), Advanced

Encryption Standard (

AES

), and Both

(

Auto

TKIP and AES

).

Network Key:

Enter the shared secret used here. This

secret phrase needs to be the same on all

of the wireless clients for them to be able

to connect to the wireless network suc-

cessfully.

Click on the

Save Settings

button to accept the changes made.

Click on the

Don’t Save Settings

button to discard the changes made.