Wpa-psk, Wpa encryption, Chapter 4 – RCA 605 User Manual

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Chapter 4

Basic Configuration



64 bit, Hexadecimal:
The 40-bit Network key must consist of 10 hexadecimal digits.



128 bit, Alphanumeric:
The 104-bit Network key consists of 13 alphanumeric characters.



128 bit, Hexadecimal:
The 104-bit Network key consists of 26 hexadecimal digits.

4

Click Apply to immediately apply your changes.

5

Configure your wireless client(s) with the same settings.

WPA-PSK

The SpeedTouch™ supports WPA-PSK, which offers three advantages over WEP:



Authentication via a 4-way handshake to check whether the Pre-Shared Keys
(PSKs) are identical.



Stronger encryption types:



Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP) (default): Instead of using a
fixed WEP key, TKIP uses in pairs temporary session keys which are
derived from the PSK during the 4-way handshake. For each packet
it uses a different key. TKIP also provides a message integrity check
(MIC) and a rekeying mechanism (in seconds).



Advanced Encryption Standard (AES): State-of-the-art encryption;
can only be used if all wireless devices in your WLAN support AES.



Message Integrity Check (MIC). Which is a strong mathematical function in
which the recipient and transmitter each compute and compare the MIC. If
they don't match it is assumed that a third person has been trying to read the
data.

Proceed as follows to enable WPA-PSK:

1

Select Use WPA-PSK Encryption.

2

In the WPA-PSK Encryption Key box, type a pass phrase (also known as Pre-
shared key) of your choice. The pass phrase must consist of 8 to 63 ASCII
characters or 64 HEX digits.

3

In the WPA-PSK Version list, click the desired WPA-PSK version.

4

Click Apply to immediately apply your changes.

5

Configure your wireless client(s) with the same settings.

WPA Encryption

Proceed as follows to enable WPA Encryption:

1

Select Use WPA Encryption.

2

In the WPA Radius IP box, type the WPA Radius IP.

3

In the WPA Radius Port box, type the WPA Radius Port.

4

In the WPA Radius Key box, type the WPA Radius Key.

Depending on the WPA-PSK version you choose, one of the following
WPA-PSK encryption will be set automatically:



WPA: TKIP



WPA2: AES



WPA+WPA2: TKIP+AES

AES is not yet implemented in most clients but it is in the
SpeedTouch™ because it will be the future security standard.

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