Asus USB-N10 User Manual - Page 30

Data encryption For Open and Shared authentication mode, the configuration options of encryption type are Disabled and WEP. For WPA-Personal and WPA2-Personal authentication modes, Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP) encryption and Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) encryption are supported. • Disabled: Disable the encryption function. • WEP: WEP Key is used to encrypt your data before it is transmitted. You can only connect and communicate with wireless devices that use the same WEP keys. • TKIP: TKIP uses an encryption algorithm method that is more stringent than the WEP algorithm. It also uses existing WLAN calculation facilities to perform encryption. TKIP verifies the security configuration after the encryption keys are determined. • AES: AES is a symmetric 128-bit block encryption technique that works simultaneously on multiple network layers. Wireless network key This option is enabled only if you select WPA-Personal or WPA2-Personal authentication mode. Select "TKIP" or "AES" in the encryption filed as encryption mode to begin the encryption proceed. 8-63 ASCII or 64-Hex value is required in this field. Wireless Network Key (WEP) This option is configurable only if you enable WEP in Network Authentication field. The WEP Key, which is used to encrypt and decrypt data packets, is a 64 bits (5 characters) or 128 bits (13 characters) for ASCII and 64 bits (10 digits) or 128 bits (26 digits) for Hexadecimal digits. Key Format You can select to enter Hexadecimal digits (0~9, a~f, and A~F) or ASCII characters to set up the keys to define the Key Format. Key Length For 64 bits encryption, each key contains 10 hex digits or 5 ASCII characters. For 128 bits encryption, each key contains 26 hex digits or 13 ASCII characters. • Manual assign WEP keys: For 64-bit encryption, you are required to enter four WEP Keys. Each Key contains exactly 10 hex digits (0~9, a~f, and A~F). 30 ASUS USB-N10 Chapter 4: Using the ASUS WLAN Control Center