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potential risk. By using this function, the STA can not scan and find R1 Extender, so that malicious
attack by some illegal STA could be avoided.
Network Authentication
Open
: It allows any device to join the network without performing any security check.
Shared Key
: Data encryption and key are required for wireless authentication.
WPA-PSK
: It is a simplified WPA mode with no need for specific authentication server. In this
so-called WPA Pre-Shared Key, all you have to do is just pre-enter a key in each WLAN node and
this is the common way to be adopted in large and middle enterprise as well as residential
network.
WPA2-PSK
: As a new version of WPA, only all the clients support WPA2, can it be available. If it is
selected, the data encryption can only be AES and the passphrase is required.
WPA-PSK&WPA2-PSK
: It provides options of WPA (TKIP) or WPA2 (AES) encryption for the
client. If it is selected, the data encryption can only be TKIP + AES and the passphrase is
required.
Data Encryption
If data encryption is enabled, the key is required and only sharing the same key with other
wireless devices can the communication be established.
None
: Available only when the authentication type is open system.
64 bits WEP
: It is made up of 10 hexadecimal numbers.
128 bits WEP
: It is made up of 26 hexadecimal numbers.
152 bits WEP
: It is made up of 32 hexadecimal numbers.
TKIP
: Temporal Key Integrity Protocol, which is a kind of dynamic encryption, is co-used with
WPA-PSK, etc.
AES
: Advanced Encryption Standard, it is usually co-used with WPA2-PSK, WPA, WPA2, etc.
TKIP + AES
: It allows for backwards compatibility with devices using TKIP.
Wireless Client Isolation Mode
Enable this mode can prevent the communication between connected wireless clients.
