Operation Manual

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Here are descriptions of every setup item:
Item Name Description
Authentication
Type
Please select a wireless authentication type
you wish to use. Available options are ‘Open’,
‘Shared’, WPA-PSK’, ‘WPA2-PSK’, and
‘WPA-PSK / WPA2-PSK’. If you want to
disable wireless data encryption, you must
select ‘Open’.
Encryption Type Please select an encryption mode. The
available options in this setting item will vary
depending on the authentication type you
select. If you select ‘Not Use’, data will not be
encrypted and people with some networking
knowledge will be able to read the data you
transfer with proper tool.
WPA Pre-shared
Key
Please input the WPA pre-shared key here.
Only clients with the same pre-shared key you
inputted here will be able to connect to your
computer. This setting is only available when
you select one of WPA encryptions.
Group Rekey
Interval
You can specify the time interval to re-issue
the key to your wireless clients here. You can
click the button ’10 seconds’ or ‘Kpackets’ to
change the unit of time interval. (every 10
seconds or a thousand data packets times the
value you specified in ‘Group Rekey Interval’
field).
Wep Key Please input the WEP encryption key here
when you select ‘WEP’ as encryption type.
There are 2 types of WEP key: Hex (number 0
to 9, and ASCII characters A to F) and ASCII
(all alphanumerical characters plus symbols).
Please select the type of WEP key first, and
then input the WEP key according to the type
of WEP key you selected.