Encryption Type
Please select an encryption mode. The available options in this
setting item will vary depending on the authentication type you
select. If you select ‘Not Use’, data will not be encrypted and
people with some networking knowledge will be able to read the
data you transfer with proper tool.
NOTE: WPA encryption is safer than WEP, however, some older
wireless clients don’t support WPA encryption.
WPA Pre-shared-key
Please input the WPA pre-shared key here. Only clients with the
same pre-shared key you inputted here will be able to connect to
your computer. This setting is only available when you select one
of WPA encryptions.
Group Rekey Interval
You can specify the time interval to re-issue the key to your
wireless clients here. You can click the button ’10 seconds’ or
‘Kpackets’ to change the unit of time interval. (every 10 seconds or
a thousand data packets times the value you specified in ‘Group
Rekey Interval’ field)
WEP Key #1-4
Please input the WEP encryption key here when you select ‘WEP’
If you want to use WEP 64 bits encryption, please input 10
characters if you select HEX, or input 5 characters if you select
ASCII; If you want to use WEP 128bits encryption, please input 26
characters if you select HEX, or input 13 characters if you select
ASCII. 128 bits encryption is safer then 64 bits, but the data
transfer speed will be slightly reduced.
Show Password
Check this box and the WPA pre-shared key or WEP key you
inputted will be shown, but not replaced by asterisk (*).
OK
Click this button to save changes you made in this page.
Cancel
Click this button to discard all changes you made in this window.
4-3 Access Control
If you’re not going to open your computer and wireless resources to the public, you can use
MAC address filtering function to enforce your access control policy, so only wireless clients
with MAC address you defined by this function can be connected to your software access
point.
