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• Open: If your access point/wireless router is using
"Open” authentication, then the wireless adapter will
need to be set to the same authentication type.
• Shared: Shared Key is when both the sender and the
recipient share a secret key.
• WPA-PSK: WPA-PSK offers two encryption methods,
TKIP and AES. Select the type of algorithm, TKIP or
AES and then enter a WPA Shared Key of 8-63
characters in the WPA Pre-shared Key field.
Encryption Type: For Open and Shared authentication
mode, the selection of encryption type are None and WEP.
For WPA, WPA2, WPA-PSK and WPA2-PSK
authentication mode, the encryption type supports both
TKIP and AES.
WPA Pre-shared Key: This blank is the shared secret
between AP and STA. For WPA-PSK and WPA2-PSK
authentication mode, this field must be filled with
character longer than 8 and less than 32 length.
WEP Key: Only valid when using WEP encryption
algorithm. The key must match with the AP’s key. There
are several formats to enter the keys.
• Hexadecimal (40bits): 10 Hex characters.
• Hexadecimal (128bits): 32Hex characters.
• ASCII (40bits): 5 ASCII characters.
• ASCII (128bits): 13 ASCII characters.
Show Password: Check this box to show the password
you entered.
802.1x Setting: When user use radius server to
authenticate client certificate for WPA authentication
mode. When the profile being active with 802.1x security
the wireless network properties screen will pop-up for
setting.