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• Data Encryption - Encrypts the data before it is transmitted over the

network.

In the Open and Shared authentication modes, options are Disabled and

WEP.

1. Disabled - Disables the encryption protection for your WLAN adapter.

2. WEP - When you select this option, the cursor appears in the eld for

Key 1. Key in 10 hexadecimal digits (0~9, a~f, and A~F) for the 64-bit

encryption.

In the WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK and WPA/WPA2-Enterprise/WEP 802.1X

authentication modes, availables options are: Temporal Key Integrity

Protocol (TKIP) and Advanced Encryption Standard (AES).

1. TKIP - Dynamically generates unique keys to encrypt data packets.

2. AES - Oers stronger protection and increases the complexity of

wireless encryption. It is a symmetric 128-bit block encryption

method that works simultaneously on multiple network layers.

• Wireless Network Key -

This option becomes available when you select the

WPA-Personal authentication mode. Key in 8 to 63 characters in this eld.

The characters can also consist of 64 hexadecimal digits.

• Wireless Network Key (WEP) -

This option becomes available when

you select WEP in the Data encryption eld. 64-bit WEP key uses 5 ASCII

characters (10 hexadecimal digits). 128-bit WEP key uses 13 ASCII (26

hexadecimal digits).

1. Key Format - Allows you to select the key format.

2. Passphrase - This eld generates the WEP keys (Key 1 - Key 4). The

passphrase can consists of a sentence, a phrase, or a sequence of

alpha-numeric characters .

3. Key Length - Allows you to select the key length. For 64-bit

encryption, each key consists of 10 hexadecimal digits or 5

ASCII characters. For 128-bit encryption, each key consists of 26

hexadecimal digits or 13 ASCII characters.

4. Select one as your Default Key - Allows you to select one of the four

WEP Keys as the default key.

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