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TRENDnetUser’sGuide
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TEW‐713RE
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WirelessNetworkingandSecurity
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Howtochoosethetypeofsecurityforyourwirelessnetwork
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Settingupwirelesssecurityisveryimportant.Leavingyourwirelessnetworkopenand
unsecurecouldexposeyourentirenetworkandpersonalfilestooutsiders.TRENDnet
recommendsreadingthroughthisentiresectionandsettingupwirelesssecurityonyour
new
router.
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Thereareafewdifferentwirelesssecuritytypessupportedinwirelessnetworkingeach
havingitsowncharacteristicswhichmaybemoresuitableforyourwirelessnetwork
takingintoconsiderationcompatibility,performance,aswellasthesecuritystrength
alongwithusingolderwirelessnetworkinghardware(alsocalledlegacyhardware).
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It
isstronglyrecommendedtoenablewirelesssecuritytopreventunwantedusersfrom
accessingyournetworkandnetworkresources(personaldocuments,media,etc.).
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Ingeneral,itisrecommendedthatyouchoosethesecuritytypewiththehighest
strengthandperformancesupportedbythewirelesscomputersanddevicesinyour
network.Pleasereview
thesecuritytypestodeterminewhichoneyoushouldusefor
yournetwork.
WirelessEncryptionTypes
 WEP:Legacyencryptionmethodsupportedbyolder802.11b/ghardware.This
istheoldestandleastsecuretypeofwirelessencryption.Itisgenerallynot
recommendedtousethisencryptionstandard,howeverifyou
haveold802.11
bor802.11gwirelessadaptersorcomputerswitholdembeddedwireless
cards(wirelessclients),youmayhavetosetyourroutertoWEPtoallowtheold
adapterstoconnecttotherouter.Note:Thisencryptionstandardwilllimit
connectionspeedsto54Mbps.
 WPA:Thisencryptionis
significantlymorerobustthantheWEPtechnology.
Muchoftheolder802.11ghardwarewasbeenupgraded(withfirmware/driver
upgrades)tosupportthisencryptionstandard.Totalwirelessspeedsunder
thisencryptiontypehoweverarelimitedto54Mbps.
 WPA‐Auto:Thissettingprovidestherouterwiththeabilitytodetectwireless
devices
usingeitherWPAorWPA2encryption.Yourwirelessnetworkwill
automaticallychangetheencryptionsettingbasedonthefirstwirelessdevice
connected.Forexample,ifthefirstwirelessclientthatconnectstoyour
wirelessnetworkusesWPAencryptionyourwirelessnetworkwilluseWPA
encryption.Onlywhenallwirelessclients
disconnecttothenetworkanda
wirelessclientwithWPA2encryptionconnectsyourwirelessnetworkwillthen
changetoWPA2encryption.NOTE:WPA2encryptionsupports802.11nspeeds
andWPAencryptionwilllimityourconnectionspeedsto54Mbps
 WPA2:Thisisthemostsecurewirelessencryptionavailabletoday,similarto
WPA
encryptionbutmorerobust.Thisencryptionstandardalsosupportsthe
highestconnectionspeeds.TRENDnetrecommendssettingyourroutertothis
encryptionstandard.Ifyoufindthatoneofyourwirelessnetworkdevicesdoes
notsupportWPA2encryption,thensetyourroutertoeitherWPAorWPA‐Auto
encryption.
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Note:Check
thespecificationsofyourwirelessnetworkadaptersandwirelessappliances
toverifythehighestlevelofencryptionsupported.
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