Rosewill RNX-N150PC - Manual (Page 33)

Wireless N Adapter RNX-N150PC User Manual
Chapter 6 Security Description
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6.1 Auth. \ Encry. Setting - WEP/TKIP/AES
Figure 6-1
Definition of Each Fields in Auth. \ Encry.:
Authentication Type: There are 7 authentication modes supported by
Rosewill Utility. They are open, Shared, LEAP, WPA and
WPA-PSK, WPA2 and WPA2-PSK.
Encryption Type: For open and shared authentication mode, the
available encryption types are None and WEP. For WPA, WPA2,
WPA-PSK and WPA2-PSK authentication mode, the encryption
type supports both TKIP and AES.
802.1X: This is introduced in the topic of Section 3-2.
WPA Pre-shared Key: This is the shared key between the AP and
STA. If operating in WPA-PSK and WPA2-PSK authentication
mode, this field must be filled with a key between 8 and 32
characters in length.
WEP Key: Only valid when using WEP encryption algorithm. The
key must match the AP's key. There are several formats to enter
the keys.
Hexadecimal - 40bits: 10 Hex characters.
Hexadecimal - 128bits: 32Hex characters.
ASCII - 40bits: 5 ASCII characters.
ASCII - 128bits: 13 ASCII characters.
6.2
802.1x Setup Details
802.1x is an advance Security function which used for authentication of the
"WPA" and "WPA2" certificate by the server. Sometimes you may need to
use this function when your wireless network under enterprise level.
Figure 6-2
6.2.1 Method and Authentication and network through an encrypted channel. Unlike EAP-TLS,