Chapter 3 - software reference, Data encryption, Wireless network key – Asus USB-N13 User Manual

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WPA-Personal/ WPA2-Personal - Select this option to enable WPA Pre-Shared

Key under Infrastructure mode. It enables communication between your client and

APs using WPA-Personal/WPA2-Personal encryption mode.

WPA-Enterprise/ WPA2-Enterprise - The network is operating in IEEE 802.1x

authentication mode. This mode is for environments with RADIUS (Remote Access

Dial-in User Service). In a RADIUS environment, three Extensible Authentication

Protocol (EAP) are supported, including PEAP, EPA/TLS, and LEAP.

Data encryption

For Open and Shared authentication mode, the configuration options of

encryption type are Disabled and WEP. For WPA-Personal and WPA-2 Personal

authentication modes, Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP) encryption and

Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) encryption are supported.
Disabled - Disable the encryption function.

WEP - WEP Key is used to encrypt your data before it is transmitted over air. You

can only connect and communicate with wireless devices that use the same WEP

keys.

TKIP - TKIP uses an encryption algorithm method that is more stringent than

the WEP algorithm. It also uses existing WLAN calculation facilities to perform

encryption. TKIP verifies the security configuration after the encryption keys are

determined.

AES: AES is a symmetric 128-bit block encryption technique that works simultaneously on

multiple network layers.

Wireless network key

This option is enabled only if you select WPA-Personal or WPA2-Personal

WPA-Personal or WPA2-Personal

authentication mode. Select “TKIP” or “AES” in the encryption filed as encryption

mode to begin the encryption proceed. Note: 8 to 64 characters are required in this

field.

Wireless Network Key (WEP)

This option is configurable only if you enable WEP in Network Authentication field.

The WEP Key is a 64 bits (5 byte) or 128 bits (13 byte) Hexadecimal digits which is

used to encrypt and decrypt data packets.

Key Format

You can select to enter Hexadecimal digits (0~9, a~f, and A~F) or ASCII characters

to setup keys by defining the Key Format.

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