Wireless N Adapter
RNX-N150PCx User Manual
Chapter 6 Security Description
6.1 Auth. \ Encry. Setting - WEP/TKIP/AES
Figure 6-1
Definition of Each Fields in Auth. \ Encry.:
Authentication Type
: There are 7 authentication modes
supported by Rosewill Utility. They are open, Shared, LEAP,
WPA and WPA-PSK, WPA2 and WPA2-PSK.
Encryption Type
: For open and shared authentication mode,
the available encryption types are None and WEP. For WPA,
WPA2, WPA-PSK and WPA2-PSK authentication mode, the
encryption type supports both TKIP and AES.
802.1X
: This is introduced in the topic of Section 3-2.
WPA Pre-shared Key
: This is the shared key between the AP
and STA. If operating in WPA-PSK and WPA2-PSK
authentication mode, this field must be filled with a key
between 8 and 32 characters in length.
WEP Key
: Only valid when using WEP encryption algorithm.
The key must match the AP's key. There are several formats
to enter the keys.
Hexadecimal
- 40bits: 10 Hex characters.
Hexadecimal
- 128bits: 32Hex characters.
ASCII
- 40bits: 5 ASCII characters.
ASCII
- 128bits: 13 ASCII characters.
6.2 802.1x Setup Details
802.1x is an advance Security function which used for authentication
of the "
WPA
" and "
WPA2
" certificate by the server. Sometimes you
may need to use this function when your wireless network under
enterprise level.
Figure 6-2
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