3Com OfficeConnect 3CRWDR200A-75, User Manual

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Wireless Settings 53
After you have finished configuring your Router, click on Save to save
your existing changes or Cancel to revert your changes.
Encryption
Figure 32
Encryption Screen
When setting up wireless networks, it is important to remember that
with encryption disabled, anyone with a Wireless PC can eavesdrop on
your network. 3Com recommends that you get the network working
with encryption disabled first and then enable it as the last step. This
will simplify setting up your network.
The Router supports two types of encryption:
WPA/WPA2/Mixed WPA WPA2 — Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) is
a subset of the IEEE 802.11i standard. Both WPA and WPA2 use
Temporal Key Integrity Protocol
(TKIP), Message Integrity Check
(MIC) and IEEE 802.11x. In addition to TKIP, WPA2 also uses
Advanced Encryption Standard (AES). The mixed mode will let you
choose the encryption mechanism interchangeably with either TKIP or
AES.
WEP — Wireless Equivalent Privacy (WEP) is a 64 bit or 128 bit
encryption method with user configurable fixed keys.