ALFA NETWORK AIP-W505 - Manual (Page 92)

C HAPTER 8 | WISP Mode Wireless Configuration
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WPA/WPA2-
P ERSONAL S ECURITY
For small home or office networks, WPA and WPA2 provide a simple
“personal” operating mode that uses a pre-shared key for network access.
This mode uses a common password phrase for user authentication that is
manually entered on an AP and all wireless clients.
Figure 56: WPA Security
The following items are displayed for WPA-personal security:
◆ WPA Algorithms — Configure the encryption algorithm for WPA/
WPA2-Personal security. The selection options are TKIP and AES.
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TKIP — Use Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP) keys for
encryption. WPA specifies TKIP as the data encryption method to
replace WEP. TKIP avoids the problems of WEP static keys by
dynamically changing data encryption keys.
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AES — Use Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) keys for
encryption. AES (AES-CCMP) provides extremely robust data
confidentiality using a 128-bit key and is specified as a standard
requirement for WPA2. Before implementing WPA2 in the network,
be sure client devices are upgraded to WPA2-compliant hardware.
◆ Pass Phrase — The WPA pre-shared Key can be entered as an ASCII
string (an easy-to-remember form of letters and numbers that can
include spaces) or Hexadecimal format. (Range: 8~63 ASCII
characters, or exactly 64 Hexadecimal digits)