Planet Technology 802.11g Wireless USB Adapter WLU-356L - Manual (Page 20)

¾ Auto: With this setting, stations can communicate with the Access Point either with or without
data encryption. It will detect the AP that it connected is using which Authentication mode and
use the same mode to communicate.
¾ Open System: With this setting, the station in the WLAN can receives and transmits
data from Access Point (null authentication).
¾ Shared Authentication: With this setting, allows communication only with other devices
with identical WEP settings.
‹ WEP Key options:
¾ Default Key: There are 4 keys available for the WEP function. Please select one of
them for WEP to operate.
¾ Network Key: You can define the WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) Key values by
yourself.
¾ Key Length – Please select which WEP key mode you want to use. There are three
modes, each mode has two kind of key length and that is decide on the Key Format
you selected. 64bit (5ASCII / 10HEX.), 128bit (13ASCII / 26HEX).
‹ Key Format – You can select WEP key format to HEX (Hexadecimal code, 0-9, A-F) or
ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange, 0-9, a-z, A-Z).
When “ WPA and WPA2 ” is selected in “Encryption” field, please click “Configuration”
button for advanced settings.
WPA uses 802.1x and Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) as the basis of its
authentication mechanism. Thus your computer needs to install a certification for the RADIUS
server first. Please consult with your network administrator for getting the certification and the
appropriate parameters of the above screen.
When “ WPA-PSK and WPA2-PSK ” is selected in “Encryption” field, please click
“Configuration” button and key in the identical passphrase as configured in Access Point.
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