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11. Authentication & Encryption:
You may select one of the following authentications
to secure your wireless network: Open, Shared, Auto, WPA-PSK, WPA, WPA2-PSK,
WPA2, WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK, or WPA/WPA2.
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Open
Open system authentication simply consists of two communications. The
first is an authentication request by the client that contains the station ID
(typically the MAC address). This is followed by an authentication
response from the AP/router (WiFi gateway) containing a success or failure
message. An example of when a failure may occur is if the client's MAC
address is explicitly excluded in the AP/router configuration. In this mode
you can enable 802.1x feature if you have another RADIUS server for user
authentication. You need to input IP address, port and shared key of
RADIUS server here.
In this mode, you can only choose “None” or “WEP” in the encryption field.
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Shared
Shared key authentication relies on the fact that both stations taking part in
the authentication process have the same "shared" key or passphrase. The
shared key is manually set on both the client station and the AP/router.
Three types of shared key authentication are available today for home or
small office WLAN environments.
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Auto
The gateway will select appropriate authentication method according to
WiFi client’s request automatically.
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WPA-PSK
Select Encryption mode and enter the Pre-share Key. You can fill in 64
hexadecimal (0, 1, 2…8, 9, A, B…F) digits, or 8 to 63 ASCII characters as
the pre-share key. The available encryption modes are “TKIP”, “AES”, or
“TKIP/AES”. In this mode, you don’t need additional RADIUS server for
user authentication.