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Discard your changes and reload all settings from flash memory.
4.2.3 Security
This screen allows you to setup the wireless security. Turn on WEP or WPA by using
encryption keys could prevent any unauthorized access to your WLAN.
Fields in this page:
Field
Description
Encryption
There are 4 types of security to be selected. To secure your WLAN, it’s strongly
recommended to enable this feature.
WEP:
Make sure that all wireless devices on your network are using the same
encryption level and key. Click
Set WEP Key
button to set the encryption key.
WPA (TKIP):
WPA uses Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP) for data encryption.
TKIP utilized a stronger encryption method and incorporates Message Integrity Code
(MIC) to provide protection against hackers.
WPA2 (AES):
WPA2, also known as 802.11i, uses Advanced Encryption Standard
(AES) for data encryption. AES utilized a symmetric 128-bit block data encryption.
WAP2 Mixed
: The AP supports WPA (TKIP) and WPA2 (AES) for data encryption.
The actual selection of the encryption methods will depend on the clients.
