User guide

030-300432 Rev. A 82 February 2005
User Guide
13.4.2.2 Enabling WPA-PSK Security
If you select WPA-PSK from the Wireless Security drop-down menu, the following screen will be displayed. After
you have entered the appropriate values in the fields provided, click save to save the settings.
Wireless Security
Wireless Security Factory Default = Disabled.
Possible Response:
Disabled: Wireless security will be disabled on the Router.
WPA-PSK: Selecting this will enable you to set up WPA-PSK security on the Router.
WEP: Selecting this will enable you to set up WEP security on the Router. The AP card
supports 64-bit, 128-bit, or 256-bit WEP encryption. If WEP is selected, any station can connect
to the AP (as long as its SSID matches the AP SSID).
If wireless security is disabled, the risk of someone nearby accessing the AP is maximized.
WPA Shared
Key
This is a passphrase (also called a shared secret) that must be entered in both the wireless router
and the wireless client. This shared secret can be between 8 to 63 text characters (or 64
hexadecimal characters) and can include special characters and spaces. The WPA Shared Key
should be a random sequence of either keyboard characters (upper and lowercase letters,
numbers, and punctuation), at lease 20 characters long, or hexadecimal digits (numbers 0-9 and
letters A-F) at least 24 hexadecimal digits long. The more random your WPA Shared Key, the
safer it is to use.
WPA Group
Rekey Interval
Factory Default = 3600
The number of seconds between rekeying the WPA group key. A zero “0” means that rekeying
is disabled.
Data Encryption Factory Default = TKIP
Possible Respone:
TKIP- Selecting this option enables the Temporal Key Integrity Protocol for data encryption.
AES- Selecting this option enables the Advanced Encryption Standard for data encryption.
TKIP/AES- Selecting this option enables the Router to accept either TKIP or AES encryption