Brother International MFC-J4510DW Network Users Manual - English - Page 87
Security terms, Authentication and Encryption
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Wireless network terms and concepts Security terms 12 Authentication and Encryption 12 Most wireless networks use some kind of security settings. These security settings define the authentication (how the device identifies itself to the network) and encryption (how the data is encrypted as it is sent on the network). If you do not correctly specify these options when you are configuring your Brother wireless machine, it will not be able to connect to the wireless network. Therefore care must be taken when configuring these options. Authentication and Encryption methods for a personal wireless network 12 A personal wireless network is a small network, for example using your machine in a wireless network at home, without IEEE 802.1x support. Authentication methods 12 Open system Wireless devices are allowed to access the network without any authentication. Shared key A secret pre-determined key is shared by all devices that will access the wireless network. The Brother wireless machine uses the WEP key as the pre-determined key. WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK Enables a Wi-Fi Protected Access Pre-shared key (WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK), which enables the Brother wireless machine to associate with access points using TKIP for WPA-PSK or AES for WPA-PSK and WPA2-PSK (WPA-Personal). Encryption methods 12 12 None No encryption method is used. WEP When using WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy), the data is transmitted and received with a secure key. TKIP TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity Protocol) provides per-packet key mixing, a message integrity check and rekeying mechanism. AES AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) provides stronger data protection by using a symmetric-key encryption. NOTE • IEEE 802.11n does not support WEP and TKIP for the encryption method. 81