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Profile configuration
– Auth. \ Encry. Tab
This Tab contains all Authentication and Encryption settings
Authentication :

Open
–With the
Open method, every wireless station can request
authentication.

Shared
–With the
Shared authentication, the station requesting
authentication must provide a secret key (which can be obtained from
network administrator) using a secure channel (independent of the 802.11
wireless communications channel).

LEAP
–(Light Extensible Authentication Protocol) is an EAP
authentication method used primarily on Cisco Aironet wireless networks.
This protocol encrypts transmitted data using dynamically generated WEP
keys, and supports two way authentications.

WPA and WPA2
–IEEE 802.1x protocol is used for authentication and
AES or TKIP for encryption.

WPA PSK and WPA2 PSK
–Station requesting authentication must
provide a WPA Preshared Key. AES or TKIP are used for encryption.

Authentication: Open and Shared
Authentication
–Change authentication method.
Encryption
–Select
None or WEP .
Use 802.1x
–Check this option to use IEEE 802.1x for authentication.
IEEE 802.1x supports full user authentication and control. This will also
enable 802.1x Tab, where 802.1x can be configured.
WEP Key / Key#1
…4 –When you select
WEP encryption or Shared
authentication without 802.1x, you need to enter a correct WEP key.

If a 64-bit WEP key is used, enter 10 Hexadecimal characters or 5
ASCII characters.

If a 128-bit WEP key is used, enter 26 Hexadecimal characters or 13
ASCII characters.