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Authentication and Security Screen, Authentication, Encryption, WEP encryption, Making HEX keys

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3-1-2. Authentication and Security Screen: If an authentication or security setting is configured in your Access Point or router, you must enable this function to ensure successful connection. Use the following tab to configure data security and ID authentication (see Figure 16). You may configure different settings in the profile, including 802.11 Protocol Authentication and Security and 802.1X Protocol. Figure 16. Authentication and Security Authentication: Before a station connects to a SSID, the authentication type used by the SSID must be known. Authentication types include OPEN SYSTEM, SHARED, LEAP, WAP, WAP-PSK, WPA2 and WPA2-PSK. (Default: Open) Encryption: To prevent unauthorized access to data transmitted on the network, the Adapter and the Access Point agree on a type of data encryption. Any station that wishes to connect, must have the same password and encryption scheme to connect. Different authentication types have different level of security. WEP encryption: Select one of the four keys as the default encrypted key. To setup WEP, you will need to set a ASCII or HEX key to connect to Access Point. The WEP Key can only be saved through the setting of profile. 1. Select a Key #. 2. Select a form of the key (Hex or ASCII). 3. Enter password. Please enter 26 hexadecimal digits or 13 ASCII digits. 4. Click OK to save the settings. Making HEX keys: 64-bit - Generated as 10 alphanumeric characters (0-9, a-f) (example: 843c29a562) 128bit - Generated as 26 alphanumeric characters (0-9, a-f) (example: 3c29f2536bef3276d32e364a2c) 12

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3-1-2. Authentication and Security Screen:
If an authentication or security setting is configured in your Access Point or router, you
must enable this function to ensure successful connection. Use the following tab to
configure data security and ID authentication (see
Figure 16
). You may configure different
settings in the profile, including 802.11 Protocol Authentication and Security and 802.1X
Protocol.
Figure 16.
Authentication and Security
Authentication:
Before a station connects to a SSID, the authentication type used by
the SSID must be known. Authentication types include OPEN SYSTEM, SHARED, LEAP,
WAP, WAP-PSK, WPA2 and WPA2-PSK. (Default: Open)
Encryption:
To prevent unauthorized access to data transmitted on the network, the
Adapter and the Access Point agree on a type of data encryption. Any station that wishes
to connect, must have the same password and encryption scheme to connect. Different
authentication types have different level of security.
WEP encryption:
Select one of the four keys as the default encrypted key.
To setup WEP, you will need to set a ASCII or HEX key to connect to Access Point. The
WEP Key can only be saved through the setting of profile.
1. Select a Key #.
2. Select a form of the key (Hex or ASCII).
3. Enter password. Please enter 26
hexadecimal digits
or 13 ASCII digits.
4. Click OK to save the settings.
Making HEX keys:
64-bit - Generated as 10 alphanumeric characters (0-9, a-f) (example: 843c29a562)
128bit - Generated as 26 alphanumeric characters (0-9, a-f) (example:
3c29f2536bef3276d32e364a2c)