User's Manual

IEEE802.11n Wireless 1T1R USB Adapter

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z Open System: enable an adapter to attempt authentication regardless of its WEP settings. It

will only associate with the access point if the WEP keys on both the adapter and the access

point match.

z Shared-key: only allows the adapter to associate with access points that have the same WEP

key.

z 802.1x: This item appears while the environment is set to an open authentication with WEP

encryption. The section is also available in WPA and WPA2 authentication types.

z Preshared Key (PSK): This is the shared secret between AP and STA. For WPA-PSK,

WPA2-PSK and WPA-NONE authentication mode, this field must be filled with characters

longer than 8 and less than 32 lengths. The following dialog appears if you have input invalid

values.

z WEP Key: Only available when using WEP encryption algorithm. The key must match AP's

key. Only using the same cryptographic key to access the computer, the internet can storage,

and decryption the information from other computer.

B. Data Encryption:

Data encryption

There are 4 types supported: Disabled, WEP, TKIP and AES. The

available encryption selection will differ from the authentication type you

have chosen, the result is shown below:

Authentication

vailable Encryption Selection

Open System Disabled, WEP

Shared Key , WEP 802.1X WEP

WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK, and WP

802.1X, WPA2 802.1X

TKIP, AES

Note: Select different Security Options, the configurations are different; you can select the

appropriate security option and configure the exact key as your need.

z TKIP: "Temporary Key Integration communication Protocol", it provide each packet's key

mixture, message integration and key reconstruction mechanism. TKIP can use with personal

or the enterprise network validation.

z AES: “Advanced Encryption Standard”, it is a new method that the wireless transmission of

privacy protection. AES encryption method is more careful than TKIP.

(4) Finish the configuration, then click “OK”, that network has been added to the profile. You can go

to the “General” interface for the connecting status.