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Chapter 4
Configure the Access Point
• WPA/WPA2-Personal (Recommended)
- Select WPA/WPA2 based on Radius Server.
• Version
- You can select one of following versions.
• Automatic (Recommended)
- Select WPA-Personal or WPA2-Personal automatically based on
the wireless station’s capability and request.
• WPA-PSK
- Pre-shared key of WPA.
• WPA2-PSK
- Pre-shared key of WPA2.
• Encryption
- You can select either Automatic(Recommended), TKIP or AES.
• Wireless password
- You can enter ASCII or Hexadecimal characters. For
Hexadecimal, the length should be between 8 and 64 characters; for ASCII, the
length should be between 8 and 63 characters.
• Group Key Update Period
- Specify the group key update interval in seconds.
The value can be either 0 or at least 30. Enter 0 to disable the update.
• WEP
- Select 802.11 WEP security.
• Type
- You can select one of following types.
• Automatic
- Select Shared Key or Open System authentication type automatically based on
the wireless station’s capability and request.
• Shared Key
- Select 802.11 Shared Key authentication type.
• Open System
- Select 802.11 Open System authentication.
• WEP Key Format
- You can select ASCII or Hexadecimal format. ASCII format
stands for any combination of keyboard characters in the specified length.
Hexadecimal format stands for any combination of hexadecimal digits (0-9, a-f,
A-F) in the specified length.
• WEP Key
- Select which of the four keys will be used and enter the matching
WEP key information for your network in the selected key radio button. These
values must be identical on all wireless stations in your network.
• Key Type
- You can select the WEP key length (64-bit, or 128-bit, or 152-bit.) for
encryption. “Disabled” means this WEP key entry is invalid.
• For
64-bit
encryption - You can enter 10 hexadecimal digits (any combination of 0-9, a-f, A-F,
zero key is not permitted) or 5 ASCII characters.
• For
128-bit
encryption - You can enter 26 hexadecimal digits (any combination of 0-9, a-f, A-F,
zero key is not permitted) or 13 ASCII characters.
• For
152-bit
encryption - You can enter 32 hexadecimal digits (any combination of 0-9, a-f, A-F,
zero key is not permitted) or 16 ASCII characters.
Note:
• If you do not set the key, the wireless security function is still disabled even if you have selected Shared
Key as Authentication Type.
• You will be reminded to reboot the device after clicking the
Save
button.
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