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Chapter3 Advanced Setup & Configuration
WPA2 – is short for Wi-Fi Protected Access 2. It is the follow on
security method to WPA for wireless networks that provides stronger data
protection and network access control. It provides enterprise and consumer
Wi-Fi users with a high level of assurance that only authorized users can
access their wireless networks. There are two versions of WPA2: WPA2-
Personal, and WPA2- Enterprise. WPA2-Personal protects unauthorized
network access by utilizing a set-up password. WPA2-Enterprise verifies
network users through a server. WPA2 is backward compatible with WPA.
WPA-PSK – is short for Wi-Fi Protected Access-Pre-Shared Key. WPA-
PSK uses the same encryption way with WPA, and the only difference
between them is that WPA-PSK recreates a simple shared key, instead of
using the user
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s certification.
TKIP – is short for Temporal Key Integrity Protocol . TKIP scrambles
the keys using a hashing algorithm and, by adding an integrity-checking
feature, ensures that the keys haven
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t been tampered with.
AES – is short for Advanced Encryption Standard . AES is a symmetric
128-bit block data encryption technique. It has a fixed block size of
128-bits and a key size of 128, 192, or 256-bits.
Pass Phrase – Pass Phrase also named Shared Secret which is used
only when enabling WPA-PSK authentication. A passphrase is a string
of characters longer than the usual password (which is typically from
four to 16 characters long) that is used in creating a digital signature (an
encoded signature that proves to someone that it was really you who sent a
message) or in an encryption or a decryption of a message. It is applicable
only when you select WPA-PSK authentication. You will need to enter
an 8~63 characters password to start the encryption process, which will
generate four WEP keys automatically.
RADIUS – is short for Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service,
an authentication and accounting system used by many Internet Service
Providers (ISPs). RADIUS setup is used to set up additional parameters for
authorizing wireless clients through RADIUS server. The RADIUS setup
is required when you select to use Open System with 802.1x or WPA
authentication.