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WPA Pre-Shared Key, 5.3 WPA Radius

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2.5.2 WPA Pre-Shared Key WPA Pre-Shared key is the safest encryption method currently, and it's recommended to use this encryption method to ensure the safety of your data. When you select 'WPA pre-shared key' as encryption type, the following page will be displayed: Here are descriptions of every setup item: WPA Unicast Cipher Suite Available options are: WPA (TKIP), WPA2 (AES), and WPA2 Mixed. It is suggested to select WPA2 (AES) but you have to make sure your wireless clients support the cipher you selected. WPA2 Mixed supports both WPA and WPA2. If some of your wireless client supports WPA but not WPA2, you can select this cipher. Pre-shared Key Format Please select the format of pre-shared key here, available options are 'Passphrase' (8 to 63 alphanumerical characters) and 'Hex (64 hexadecimal characters - 0 to 9 and a to f). Pre-shared Key Please input a key value according to the key format you selected here. For security reason, don't use simple words). 2.5.3 WPA Radius WPA Radius is the combination of WPA encryption method and RADIUS user authentication. If you have a RADIUS authentication server, you can check the identity of every wireless client by user database. When you select 'WPA RADIUS' as encryption type, the following page will be displayed: 37

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2.5.2 WPA Pre-Shared Key
WPA Pre-Shared key is the safest encryption method currently, and it’s recommended to use
this encryption method to ensure the safety of your data.
When you select ‘WPA pre-shared key’ as encryption type, the following page will be displayed:
Here are descriptions of every setup item:
WPA Unicast Cipher
Suite
Available options are: WPA (TKIP), WPA2 (AES), and WPA2 Mixed.
It is suggested to select WPA2 (AES) but you have to make sure
your wireless clients support the cipher you selected. WPA2 Mixed
supports both WPA and WPA2. If some of your wireless client
supports WPA but not WPA2, you can select this cipher.
Pre-shared Key
Format
Please select the format of pre-shared key here, available options
are ‘Passphrase’ (8 to 63 alphanumerical characters) and ‘Hex (64
hexadecimal characters – 0 to 9 and a to f).
Pre-shared Key
Please input a key value according to the key format you selected
here. For security reason, don’t use simple words).
2.5.3 WPA Radius
WPA Radius is the combination of WPA encryption method and RADIUS user authentication. If
you have a RADIUS authentication server, you can check the identity of every wireless client by
user database.
When you select ‘WPA RADIUS’ as encryption type, the following page will be displayed: