Dell 2350 - Wireless WLAN Broadband Router, User Manual

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WPA Settings
Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) is an upgrade to the WEP standard for securing your wireless network.
If you would like to secure your wireless network using WPA, you must have WPA support for your wireless clients. If you are
using a Dell wireless client, you can check for the availability of WPA-enabled software updates for your wireless client at
http://support.dell.com .
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WPA Pre-shared Key
All wireless clients must use this key to gain access to the network. Note that the Key format must also match the
setting used for the wireless clients.
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Key Format
This can be ASCII or hexadecimal format. Hexadecimal format includes the numbers 0 through 9 and the letters A
through F. ASCII format includes all alphanumeric characters.
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WPA Group Rekey Interval
WPA Group Rekey Interval is used to specify the frequency of encryption key rotations. The lower the number, the
faster your encryption key will rotate. However, setting this number too low may cause your wireless network to slow
down.
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WPA Encryption
TKIP
(Temporal Key Integrity Protocol) is the most commonly used encryption method. AES (Advanced Encryption
Standard) can be used if your wireless clients do not support TKIP.
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