WA603DE & WA653DE
Fat AP Configuration Guide
3 Service Configuration
Issue 02 (2012-04-19)
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3.3.4 Configuring the Encryption Mode
To secure access to the WLAN, perform the following operations to configure the encryption
mode:
1.
Select
WPA
from the
Encryption Method
drop-down list box, the page shown in
Figure
3-12
is displayed. By default,
Disable
is selected.
The 802.11n device does not support the WEP encryption mode while the 802.11b/g device supports.
Compared with the WPA encryption, the WEP encryption is easy to be broken. Therefore, the WPA
encryption is widely used.
Figure 3-12
Configuring the WPA encryption mode
2.
Configure the parameters according to
Table 3-5
.
Table 3-5
Description of parameters for the WPA encryption mode
Parameter
Description
WPA Version
The default value is
WPA
, which is the basic version.
WPA Authentication
z
PSK: applicable to individual or family use.
z
802.1X: authentication requires a Radius server.
WPA Algorithm
z
AES algorithm features the highest security.
z
The 801.11n device does not support the TKIP algorithm while
the 802.11b/g device supports.
Passphrase
Key phrase. The key phrase is a string of 8 to 63 characters
consisting of letters, digits, and symbols.
