5 wpa radius – Planet Technology VRT-401G User Manual

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WPA2(AES)

This use CCMP protocol to change encryption
key frequently. AES can provide high level
encryption to enhance the wireless LAN security.

WPA2 Mixed

This will use TKIP or AES based on the other
communication peer automatically.


Pre-shared

Key

Format

You may select to select Passphrase

(alphanumeric format) or Hexadecimal Digits (in
the “A-F”, “a-f” and “0-9” range) to be the Pre-
shared Key. For example:
Passphrase: iamguest
Hexadecimal Digits: 12345abcde

Pre-shared Key

The Pre-shared key is used to authenticate and
encrypt data transmitted in the wireless network.
Fill the text box by following the rules below.
Hex WEP: input 64-digit Hex values (in the “A-F”,
“a-f” and “0-9” range) or at least 8 character pass
phrase as the pre-shared keys.

Click <Apply> at the bottom of the screen to save the above configurations. You can now
configure other advance sections or start using the router (with the advance settings in place)


2.4.3.5 WPA Radius

Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) is an advanced security standard. You can use an external
RADIUS server to authenticate wireless stations and provide the session key to encrypt data
during communication. It uses TKIP or CCMP (AES) to change the encryption key frequently.
This can improve security very much.

Parameters

Default

Description

WPA(TKIP)

TKIP can change the encryption key frequently
to enhance the wireless LAN security.

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