54 6238 Wi-Fi Router with VOIP User’s Guide 6238-A2-ZB20-10
Security
The next screen is the
Wireless – Security
screen, which allows you to select the
network authentication method and to enable or disable WEP encryption. Note that
depending on the network authentication that is selected, the screen will change
accordingly so that additional fields can be configured for the specific authentication
method.
Network authentication methods include the following:
•
Open
— Anyone can access the network. The default is a disabled WEP
encryption setting.
•
Shared
— WEP encryption is enabled and encryption key strength of 64-bit
or 128-bit needs to be selected. Click on
Set Encryption Keys
to manually
set the network encryption keys. Up to 4 different keys can be set and you
can come back to select which one to use at anytime.
•
802.1X—
Requires mutual authentication between a client station and the
router by including a RADIUS-based authentication server. Information
about the RADIUS server such as its IP address, port and key must be
entered. WEP encryption is also enabled and the encryption strength must
also be selected.
•
WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access)
— Usually used for the larger enterprise
environment, WPA uses a RADIUS server and TKIP (Temporal Key
Integrity Protocol) encryption (instead of WEP encryption, which is
