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Table 5, LABEL, DESCRIPTION, The Add Profile: Authentication & Security Screen

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ENGLISH The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 5 The Add Profile: Authentication & Security Screen LABEL DESCRIPTION Authenticatio Select the security standard you want to use. n Type All the other wireless devices on your network must be able to use the same standard you select. • Open mode is used when security is not an issue. No authentication is required, and any wireless device can join the network. • Shared mode security is used with WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy). • WPA-PSK security uses a pre-shared key. All the wireless devices on the network use the same key to access the network. This option is not available in ad-hoc mode. • WPA2-PSK is an improved version of WPA-PSK security. This option is not available in ad-hoc mode. Encryption Type • When you select Open or Shared in the Authentication Type field, either select None to use no security, or select WEP to use Wired Equivalent Privacy security. • When you select WPA-PSK or WPA2-PSK in the Authentication Type field, select TKIP to use the Temporal Key Integrity Protocol. Alternatively, select AES to use the Advanced Encryption Standard. 18

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ENGLISH
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Table 5
The Add Profile: Authentication & Security Screen
LABEL
DESCRIPTION
Authenticatio
n Type
Select the security standard you want to use.
All the other wireless devices on your network
must be able to use the same standard you
select.
•
Open
mode is used when security is not an
issue. No authentication is required, and any
wireless device can join the network.
•
Shared
mode security is used with WEP (Wired
Equivalent Privacy).
•
WPA-PSK
security uses a pre-shared key. All the
wireless devices on the network use the same
key to access the network. This option is not
available in ad-hoc mode.
•
WPA2-PSK
is an improved version of WPA-PSK
security. This option is not available in ad-hoc
mode.
Encryption
Type
•
When you select
Open
or
Shared
in the
Authentication Type
field, either select
None
to
use no security, or select
WEP
to use Wired
Equivalent Privacy security.
•
When you select
WPA-PSK
or
WPA2-PSK
in the
Authentication Type
field, select
TKIP
to use
the Temporal Key Integrity Protocol. Alternatively,
select
AES
to use the Advanced Encryption
Standard.