Asus WL-520GU Network Router User Manual


 
WL-520GU/GC Broad Range Wireless Family Router User Manual
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Encryption
The encrytion modes supported by WL-520GU/GC are: WEP-64bits, WEP-128bits,
WPA-Personal, WPA2-Personal, WPA-Auto-Personal(TKIP. AES. TKIP+AES),
WPA-enterprise, WPA2-enterprise, WPA-Auto-Enterprise (TKIP. AES. TKIP+AES),
Radius with 802.1x
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-bits key or 26 hexadicimal digits for 128-bits
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.
WPA-Personal
protects unauthorized network access by utilizing a set-up
password.
WPA-enterprise
veries network users through a server.