Wireless N450 Home Router
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Three
security
modes
are
available:
None,
WEP,
and
WPA
‐
PSK/WPA2
‐
PSK.
WEP
WEP
is
intended
to
provide
data
confidentiality
comparable
to
that
of
a
traditional
wired
network.
Two
methods
of
authentication
can
be
used
with
WEP:
Open
System
authentication
and
Shared
Key
authentication.
z
Authentication
Type:
Select
Open
or
Shared
from
the
drop
‐
down
list.
z
WEP
Key
Format:
Select
Hex
or
ASCII
from
the
drop
‐
down
list.
z
Key
Select:
Select
a
key
from
the
preset
keys
1
‐
4
for
current
use.
WPA
‐
PSK
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
tampered
with.
Only
authorized
network
users
can
access
the
wireless
network.
WPA
adopts
enhanced
encryption
algorithm
over
WEP.
