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Table 4-3 Authentication: Open or Shared
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Authentication Type
Under Open System authentication, any wireless station can request
authentication.
Under Shared Key authentication, each wireless station is assumed to
have received a secret shared key over a secure channel that is
independent from the 802.11 wireless network communications channel.
To use Shared Key authentication, you must have a network key.
Encryption
Select None or WEP
WEP Key#1 .. 4
When select the WEP encryption or Shared Key authentication without
802.1x, you should enter the WEP key correctly.
If the WEP key is 64-bit, please enter 10 hexadecimal or 5 ASCII
characters.
If the WEP key is 128-bit, please enter 26 hexadecimal or 13 ASCII
characters.
Show Password
When you check this function, the password will not be covered by *
symbol.
Use 802.1x
Select this option to enable IEEE 802.1x for user authentication. IEEE
802.1x can support true authentication and user control
802.1x setting
When enabling IEEE 802.1x, you should set the IEEE 802.1x
parameters.
