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WL-500gP Wireless Router User Manual
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2) Setting up wireless encryption
WL-500gP provides a set of encryption and authentication
methods to meet the different demands of home, SOHO,
and enterprise users. Before setting up encryption and
authentication for WL-500gP, contact your network
administrator for advice.
Click
Wireless -> Interface
to open the configuration page.
Encryption
The encrytion modes supported by WL-500gP are: WEP (64bits), WEP (128bits),
TKIP, AES, and TKIP+AES.
WEP
stands for Wired Equivalent Privacy, it uses 64bits or 128bits static keys
to encrypt the data for wireless transmission. To setup WEP keys, set
WEP
Encryption
to
WEP-64bits
or
WEP-128bits
, then manually type in four sets
WEP Keys
(10 hexadicimal digits for 64-bit key or 26 hexadicimal digits for
128-bit key). You can also let the system generate the keys by entering a
Passphrase
.
TKIP
stands for Temporal Key Integrity Protocol. TKIP dynamically generates
unique keys to encrypt every data packet in a wireless session.
AES
stands for Advanced Encryption Standard. This solution offers stronger
protection and increases the complexity of wireless encryption.
TKIP+AES
is used when both WPA and WPA2 clients co-exist in the wireless
network.