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Parameters description for WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK, Mixed WPA/WPA2-PSK:
Item
Description
Security Mode
Select the security mode: WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK or Mixed WPA/WPA2-PSK.
WPA-PSK
Support AES and TKIP.
WPA2-PSK
Support AES, TKIP and TKIP&AES.
Mixed
WPA/WPA2-PSK
This is the mixed mode compliant with both WPA-PSK and WPA2-PSK.
Cipher Type
Select the cipher type. WPA-PSK: AES and TKIP. WPA2-PSK and Mixed
WPA/WPA2-PSK: AES, TKIP and TKIP&AES.
AES
Advanced Encryption Standard. If selected, wireless speed can reach up to 300Mbps.
TKIP
Temporal Key Integrity Protocol. If selected, wireless speed can reach up to 54Mbps.
TKIP&AES
If selected, both AES and TKIP enabled wireless clients can join your wireless network.
Key
Specify the security key you wish to configure (8~63 ASCII characters or 8~64 HEX
characters).
Key Update Interval
Configure the key update interval for encrypting WPA data. Theoretically, the shorter the
key update interval is, the more secure the WPA data will be. It is advisable to leave the
default value unchanged.
WPA, WPA2
The WPA protocol implements the majority of the IEEE 802.11i standard. It enhances data encryption through the
Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP) which is a 128-bit per-packet key, meaning that it dynamically generates
a new key for each packet. WPA also includes a message integrity check feature to prevent data packets from
being hampered with. Only authorized network users can access the wireless network. The later WPA2 protocol
features compliance with the full IEEE 802.11i standard and uses Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) in
addition to TKIP encryption protocol to guarantee better security than that provided by WEP or WPA.
