Edimax Technology EW-7722In - Manual (Page 72)

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Here are descriptions of every setup item:
Item Name
Description
Authentication
Type Please select a wireless authentication type you
wish to use. Available options are ‘Open’,
‘Shared’, WPA-PSK’, ‘WPA2-PSK’, and
‘WPA-PSK / WPA2-PSK’. If you want to disable
wireless data encryption, you must select ‘Open’.
Encryption Type Please select an encryption mode. The available
options in this setting item will vary depending on
the authentication type you select. If you select
‘Not Use’, data will not be encrypted and people
with some networking knowledge will be able to
read the data you transfer with proper tool.
WPA Pre-shared
Key Please input the WPA pre-shared key here. Only
clients with the same pre-shared key you inputted
here will be able to connect to your computer.
This setting is only available when you select one
of WPA encryptions.
Group Rekey
Interval You can specify the time interval to re-issue the
key to your wireless clients here. You can click the
button ’10 seconds’ or ‘Kpackets’ to change the
unit of time interval. (every 10 seconds or a
thousand data packets times the value you
specified in ‘Group Rekey Interval’ field).
Wep Key Please input the WEP encryption key here when
you select ‘WEP’ as encryption type. There are 2
types of WEP key: Hex (number 0 to 9, and ASCII
characters A to F) and ASCII (all alphanumerical
characters plus symbols). Please select the type of
WEP key first, and then input the WEP key
according to the type of WEP key you selected.
If you want to use WEP 64 bits encryption, please
input 10 characters if you select HEX, or input 5
characters if you select ASCII. If you want to use
WEP 128bits encryption, please input 26
characters if you select HEX, or input 13