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High Performance Wireless-N Router
Linksys E3000 Chapter 3: Advanced Configuration
Wireless > Wireless Security
The wireless security settings configure the security
of your wireless network(s). The Router supports the
following wireless security options: WPA/WPA2 Mixed
Mode (default), WPA2 Personal, WPA Personal, WEP, and
RADIUS. (WPA stands for Wi-Fi Protected Access. WEP
stands for Wireless Equivalent Privacy. RADIUS stands for
Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service.)
The default option is WPA/WPA2 Mixed Mode, which
allows your devices to connect using the strongest
security option they support, WPA2 or WPA.
Personal Options
Security Option Strength
WPA2 Personal Strongest
WPA/WPA2 Mixed Mode (default)
WPA2: Strongest
WPA: Strong
WPA Personal Strong
WEP Basic
Office Option
RADIUS is the security option offered for networks that
use a RADIUS server for authentication.
5 GHz or 2.4 GHz Wireless Security
Wireless security is strongly recommended, and WPA2 is
the strongest method available. Use WPA2 if it is supported
by all of your wireless devices.
Security Mode
Select the security method for each wireless network. If
you do not want to use wireless security, keep the default,
Disabled.
NOTE: If you are not using WPA2/WPA
Mixed-Mode then each device in your wireless
network MUST use the same encryption
method and shared key, or else the network will
not function properly.
WPA2/WPA Mixed Mode
WPA2/WPA Mixed Mode
Passphrase Enter a passphrase of 8-63 characters.
WPA2 Personal
NOTE: If you are not using WPA2/WPA
Mixed Mode, each device in your wireless
network MUST use the same WPA method
and Passphrase, or else the network will not
function properly.
WPA2 Personal
Passphrase Enter a passphrase of 8-63 characters.