User's Manual

Wireless Access Point User m anual
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6 .4 .2 .4 W PA2 Per son a l
The WPA2 is a st ronger version of WPA. You can use a pre- shared key to
aut henticat e wireless stat ions and encrypt dat a during com m unicat ion. I t uses
AES to change t he encryption key frequent ly. This can im prove securit y very
m uch.
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 AES: Advanced Encryption System (AES) ut ilizes a sym m et ric 128- Bit
block dat a encryption. I t’s the st rongest encrypt ion current ly available.
 W PA Pass Phr ase: The WPA Pass Phrase is used to authent icate and
encrypt data transm itt ed in the wireless net work. The input form at is in
charact er style and key size should be in t he range between 8 and 63
charact ers.

Clea r: I f you want to ret ype again. Just click "Clear" and "WPA Pass Phrase"
fields will be cleared.
 Re key Tim e ( sec) : Specifies the t im er t he WPA key m ust changes. The
change is done autom atically between t he server and t he client. The default
value is 86400.
 Click “ Apply” at the bott om of t he screen t o save the above configurat ions.
6 .4 .2 .5 W PA& W PA2 Persona l
Aut o- Select WPA/ WPA2 can det ect Wireless Client aut hent icat ion inform ation,
and aut om atically choose WPA or WPA2 m ode t o com m unicat e wit h client.
Operation is t he sam e as WPA or WPA2.