Brother MFC-685CW - Manual (Page 29)

Configuring your machine for a wireless network
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3
options. Please refer to the information below to see which authentication and encryption methods your
Brother wireless device supports.
Authentication methods
3
The Brother machine supports the following methods:
„ Open system
Wireless devices are allowed access the network without any authentication.
„ Shared key
A secret pre-determined key is shared by all devices that will access the wireless network.
The Brother machine uses the WEP keys as the pre-determined key.
„ WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK
Enables a Wi-Fi
®
Protected Access Pre-shared key (WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK), which enables the Brother
wireless machine to associate with access points using TKIP for WPA-PSK or AES for WPA-PSK and
WPA2-PSK encryption (WPA-Personal).
Encryption methods
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Encryption is used to secure the data that is sent over the wireless network. The Brother machine supports
the following encryption methods:
„ None
No encryption method is used.
„ WEP
By using WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy), the data is transmitted and received with a secure key.
„ TKIP
TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity Protocol) provides per-packet key mixing a message integrity check and re-
keying mechanism.
„ AES
AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) is Wi-Fi
®
authorized strong encryption standard.