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WPA-Personal, Save Settings, Cancel Changes, TKIP + AES, WPA-Personal

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Wireless-G Cable Gateway WPA-Personal. To use WPA-Personal, select WPA-Personal from the Security Mode drop-down menu. Select a method of encryption. Then enter a Passphrase and a Key Renewal period. • Encryption. WPA offers you two encryption methods, TKIP and AES, with dynamic encryption keys. Select the type of algorithm you want to use, TKIP or AES. • Passphrase. Enter a Passphrase (also called a WPA Shared Key) of 8-32 characters. • Key Renewal. Enter a Key Renewal timeout period, which instructs the Gateway how often it should change the encryption keys. When finished making your changes on this tab, click the Save Settings button to save these changes, or click the Cancel Changes button to undo your changes. WPA2-Personal. To use WPA2-Personal, select WPA2-Personal from the Security Mode drop-down menu. Select a method of encryption. Then enter a Passphrase and a Key Renewal period. • Encryption. Select the encryption method you want to use, AES or TKIP + AES. • Passphrase. Enter a Passphrase (also called a WPA Shared Key) of 8-32 characters. • Key Renewal. Enter a Key Renewal timeout period, which instructs the Gateway how often it should change the encryption keys. When finished making your changes on this tab, click the Save Settings button to save these changes, or click the Cancel Changes button to undo your changes. Figure 5-8: WPA-Personal wpa (wi-fi protected access: a wireless security protocol using TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity Protocol) encryption, which can be used in conjunction with a RADIUS server. Chapter 5: Configuring the Wireless-G Cable Gateway The Wireless Tab Figure 5-9: WPA2-Personal 25

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Chapter 5: Configuring the Wireless-G Cable Gateway
The Wireless Tab
Wireless-G Cable Gateway
WPA-Personal. To use WPA-Personal, select
WPA-Personal
from the
Security Mode
drop-down menu. Select a
method of encryption. Then enter a Passphrase and a Key Renewal period.
•
Encryption. WPA offers you two encryption methods, TKIP and AES, with dynamic encryption keys. Select the
type of algorithm you want to use,
TKIP
or
AES
.
•
Passphrase. Enter a Passphrase (also called a WPA Shared Key) of 8-32 characters.
•
Key Renewal. Enter a Key Renewal timeout period, which instructs the Gateway how often it should change
the encryption keys.
When finished making your changes on this tab, click the
Save Settings
button to save these changes, or click
the
Cancel Changes
button to undo your changes.
WPA2-Personal. To use WPA2-Personal, select
WPA2-Personal
from the
Security Mode
drop-down menu. Select
a method of encryption. Then enter a Passphrase and a Key Renewal period.
•
Encryption. Select the encryption method you want to use,
AES
or
TKIP + AES
.
•
Passphrase. Enter a Passphrase (also called a WPA Shared Key) of 8-32 characters.
•
Key Renewal. Enter a Key Renewal timeout period, which instructs the Gateway how often it should change
the encryption keys.
When finished making your changes on this tab, click the
Save Settings
button to save these changes, or click
the
Cancel Changes
button to undo your changes.
Figure 5-8: WPA-Personal
Figure 5-9: WPA2-Personal
wpa
(wi-fi protected access: a wireless security
protocol using TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity Protocol)
encryption, which can be used in conjunction with a
RADIUS server.