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64-bit ASCII keys are up to 5 characters in length (DMODE is a valid string of 5 characters for

64-bit encryption.)

128-bit ASCII keys are up to 13 characters in length (2002HALOSWIN1 is a valid string of 13

characters for 128-bit encryption.)

Note that, if you enter fewer characters in the WEP key than required, the remainder of the key

is automatically padded with zeros.

WPA-Personal and WPA-Enterprise

Both of these options select some variant of Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) -- security

standards published by the Wi-Fi Alliance. The WPA Mode further refines the variant that the

router should employ.

WPA Mode: WPA is the older standard; select this option if the clients that will be used with the

router only support the older standard. WPA2 is the newer implementation of the stronger

IEEE 802.11i security standard. With the "WPA2" option, the router tries WPA2 first, but falls

back to WPA if the client only supports WPA. With the "WPA2 Only" option, the router

associates only with clients that also support WPA2 security.

Cipher Type: The encryption algorithm used to secure the data communication. TKIP

(Temporal Key Integrity Protocol) provides per-packet key generation and is based on WEP.

AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) is a very secure block based encryption. With the "TKIP

and AES" option, the router negotiates the cipher type with the client, and uses AES when

available.

Group Key Update Interval: The amount of time before the group key used for broadcast and

multicast data is changed.

Group Key Update Interval: The amount of time before the group key used for broadcast and

multicast data is changed.

WPA-Personal

This option uses Wi-Fi Protected Access with a Pre-Shared Key (PSK).

Pre-Shared Key: The key is entered as a pass-phrase of up to 63 alphanumeric characters in

ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange) format at both ends of the

wireless connection. It cannot be shorter than eight characters, although for proper security it

needs to be of ample length and should not be a commonly known phrase. This phrase is used

to generate session keys that are unique for each wireless client.

Example:

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WPA-Enterprise

This option works with a RADIUS Server to authenticate wireless clients. Wireless clients

should have established the necessary credentials before attempting to authenticate to the

Server through this Gateway. Furthermore, it may be necessary to configure the RADIUS

Server to allow this Gateway to authenticate users.

Authentication Timeout: Amount of time before a client will be required to re-authenticate.