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Security Mode, WPA2-Personal, Passphrase, Group Key Update Interval, Apply
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Essentials WiFi 6 AX4200 Dual Band Multi-Gig Access Point Model WAX220 10. In the Wireless Security section, select the open or OWE option or a WPA personal option from the Security Mode menu: • Open: A legacy open WiFi network does not provide any security. Any WiFi device can join the network. WiFi devices are not authenticated and traffic is not encrypted. We recommend that you do not use a legacy open WiFi network without any security. However, a legacy open network might be appropriate for a WiFi hotspot. • OWE: The WiFi network can only accept WiFi devices that support the WiFi enhanced open feature, which is based on opportunistic wireless encryption (OWE). Select this option only if all the WiFi devices in the WiFi network support OWE. (With this option, WiFi devices that do not support OWE cannot connect.) • WPA2-Personal: This option, which is the same as WPA2-PSK, is the default setting. This type of security enables only WiFi devices that support WPA2 to join the SSID. • WPA3-Personal: This option, which is the same as WPA3-PSK, is the most secure personal authentication option. WPA3 enables only WiFi devices that support WPA3 with the 802.11ax (Wi-Fi 6) standard to join the SSID. If your network also includes WPA2 devices that do not support the 802.11ax (Wi-Fi 6) standard, select WPA3/WPA2-Personal security. • WPA2/WPA3-Personal: This option, which is the same as WPA3-PSK/WPA2-PSK, enables WiFi devices that support either WPA2 or WPA3 to join the SSID. WPA2 is less secure than WPA3. 11. If you select a WPA personal option from the Security Mode menu, configure the following settings: • Passphrase: Set a WiFi password of 8 to 63 characters. To join the SSID, a user must enter this WiFi password. • Group Key Update Interval: Set a period from 30 to 3600 seconds, which is the period after which the WiFi network group key changes in the background. (Connected users are not affected.) The default period is 3600 seconds. To disable group key changes, set the value to 0. 12. Click the Apply button. A pop-up window displays. 13. Click the OK button. Your settings are saved. The page closes. (The original page with the Wireless Settings section and other sections remains open.) Manage Basic WiFi Settings 42 User Manual