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WPA Mode, Cipher Type, Group Key, Update Interval, RADIUS Server IP, Address, RADIUS Server, Shared

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Section 3 - Software Configuration Wireless Security Mode: WPA-Personal Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) is the most advanced and up to date wireless encryption method used today. This is the recommended wireless security option. WPA supports two authentication frameworks. Personal (PSK) and Enterprise (EAP). Personal requires only the use of a pass-phrase (Shared Secret) for security. WPA Mode: WPA is the older standard; select this option if the clients that will be used with the router only support the older standard. WPA2 is the newer implementation of the stronger IEEE 802.11i security standard. With the "WPA2" option, the router tries WPA2 first, but falls back to WPA if the client only supports WPA. With the "WPA2 Only" option, the router associates only with clients that also support WPA2 security. Cipher Type: Select the appropriate cipher type to use here. Options to choose from are Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP), Advanced Encryption Standard (AES), and Both (TKIP and AES). Group Key Enter the amount of time before the group key Update Interval: used for broadcast and multicast data is changed. RADIUS Server IP When the user chooses to use the EAP Address: authentication framework, the RADIUS server's IP address can be entered here. RADIUS Server When the user chooses to use the EAP Port: authentication framework, the RADIUS server's port number can be entered here. RADIUS Server Enter the shared secret used here. This secret Shared Secret: phrase needs to be the same on all of the wireless clients for them to be able to connect to the wireless network successfully. D-Link DIR-645 User Manual 36

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D-Link DIR-645 User Manual
Section 3 - Software Configuration
Wireless Security Mode: WPA-Personal
Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) is the most advanced and up to date
wireless encryption method used today. This is the recommended
wireless security option. WPA supports two authentication frameworks.
Personal (PSK) and Enterprise (EAP). Personal requires only the use of a
pass-phrase (Shared Secret) for security.
WPA Mode:
WPA is the older standard; select this option if
the clients that will be used with the router only
support the older standard. WPA2 is the newer
implementation of the stronger IEEE 802.11i
security standard. With the “WPA2” option, the
router tries WPA2 first, but falls back to WPA if the
client only supports WPA. With the “WPA2 Only”
option, the router associates only with clients that
also support WPA2 security.
Cipher Type:
Select the appropriate cipher type to use here.
Options to choose from are Temporal Key Integrity
Protocol (
TKIP
), Advanced Encryption Standard
(
AES
), and Both (
TKIP and AES
).
Group Key
Update Interval:
Enter the amount of time before the group key
used for broadcast and multicast data is changed.
RADIUS Server IP
Address:
When
the
user
chooses
to
use
the
EAP
authentication framework, the RADIUS server’s IP
address can be entered here.
RADIUS Server
Port:
When
the
user
chooses
to
use
the
EAP
authentication framework, the RADIUS server’s
port number can be entered here.
RADIUS Server
Shared Secret:
Enter the shared secret used here. This secret
phrase needs to be the same on all of the wireless
clients for them to be able to connect to the
wireless network successfully.