User's Manual

Encryption

The encryption method to be used on the corresponding SSID.

You can choose between WEP, WPA Pre-Shared Key, or WPA RADIUS.

• Disabled - No data encryption is used.

• WEP - Data is encrypted using the WEP standard. WEP is the Wired Equivalent Privacy

security over a wireless network.

• WPA-PSK - Data is encrypted using the WPA-PSK standard. This is a later standard than WEP,

and provides much better security than WEP. WPA-PSK is Wi-Fi Protected Access using a

Pre-Shared Key. This is the equivalent of password protecting your wireless network.

• WPA2-PSK - This is a further development of WPA-PSK, and offers even greater security,

using the AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) method of encryption.

• WPA-RADIUS - This version of WPA requires a Radius Server on your LAN to provide the

client authentication according to the 802.1x standard. Data transmissions are encrypted using

the WPA standard.

If this option is selected:

• This Access Point must have a Client Login on the Radius Server.

• Each user must have a User Login on the Radius Server.

• Each user's wireless client must support 802.1x and provide the login data when required.

• All data transmission is encrypted using the WPA standard. Keys are automatically

generated, so no key input is required.

IEEE 802.1x is an authentication protocol. Every user must use a valid account to login to this Access Point before accessing the

wireless LAN. The authentication is then processed by a RADIUS server. This mode only authenticates users by IEEE 802.1x, but it does

not encrypt the data during communication.