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WPA: Allows you to gain access to a more secured wireless network that requires mutual
authentication between client and access point with a Radius authentication server. This product
supports various EAP types (TLS and PEAP), which require different credential authentication.
In order to access the wireless network, you must select EAP type your service provider supplied
in the section of IEEE802.11X Authentication.
WPA consists of methods to strengthen data encryption (Wired Equivalent Privacy [WEP],
Temporal key integrity Protocol [TKIP], Advanced Encryption Standard [AES]) and to provide
user authentication (strong EAP type such as TLS, PEAP, LEAP).
Once you choose your Authentication Mode, you then need to select the Encryption Mode.
For Encryption Mode
WEP: Specify the encryption keys. There are two methods to set the WEP keys, as described
below:
Key will be generated automatically for data private
To create encryption keys automatically, click the Key will be generated automatically for data
private check box.
Note: This function is used in IEEE802.1X Authentication mode. Keys are dynamically
generated and distributed by the authentication server. Actually, you can obtain keys by
asking your service provider for further configuration and information to gain access to
the wireless network.
Pre-configured key [WEP]
You can also create encryption keys manually by pulling down the Key Length menu and select
either 64bit or 128bit encryption method in the Pre-configured key section of this menu.
For 64bit encryption you may choose:
 Alphanumeric: entering 5 characters (case sensitive) ranging from “a-z”, “A-Z”
and “0-9” (e.g. MyKey).
 Hexadecimal: entering 10 hexadecimal digits in the range of “A-F”, “a-f” and “0-9”
(e.g. 11AA22BB33, showed as below).