User's Manual Part 1

03/24/09 - DRAFT
030-300554 Rev. C 59 March 2009
Verizon FiOS Router
(
Model 9100EM
)
User Guide
11.3.5.1.1 Authentication Method—Pre-Shared Ke
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If you select Pre-Shared key as the authentication method for WPA, the following screen appears. Configuring Pre-
Shared Key in the Router allows devices that know the pre-shared key to connect to the Router.
NOTE: A WPA pre-shared key is treated as either a string of text (ASCII) characters or a set of
hexadecimal (Hex) characters. The key can be either 8 to 63 text (ASCII) characters or 64 hexadecimal
(Hex) characters. The only allowable hexadecimal characters are: 0-9 and A-F.
To configure the WPA Pre-Shared Key, do the following:
1. Select the string type (ASCII or HEX) in the Pre-Shared Key drop-down list.
2. Enter the desired pre-shared key values in the field provided.
3. Select the desired option from the Encryptoin Algorithm drop-down list.
• TKIP: Select this option to enable the Temporal Key Integrity Protocol for data encryption.
• AES: Select this option to enable the Advanced Encryption Standard for data encryption.
• TKIP and AES: Select this option to enable the Router to accept TKIP and AES encryption.
4. Enter the desired Group Key Update Interval, and confirm that the adjacent box contains a check mark. (By
factory default, Group Key Interval is enabled for 900 seconds.)
5. Click OK to save the wireless settings in the Router.