Asus WL-AM604g - Manual (Page 20)

WL-AM604g 11g WiFi ADSL Router User Manual
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WPA/WPA2: WPA stands for WiFi-Protected Access. WPA provides two security
modes for Home/SOHO user and enterprise network. The former
solution adopts Pre-Shared Key for authentication, and the latter uses the
existing 802.1X RADIUS server in the enterprise network to process the
authentication requests.
WPA - PSK/WPA2-PSK:
WPA-PSK (Pre-Shared Key) is the solution for home and SOHO users
who have no 802.11X authentication server within the LAN. To set
up WPA-PSK, you need to key in a passphrase and let the system
generate the key. Combination of letters, numbers and non-alphanumeric
characters is recommended for ensuring security.
Encryption
Encryption is used to convert plain text data into unreadable codes with certain type
of algorithm before capsulation for wireless transmission. WL-AM604g supports the
following encryption methods:
WEP:
WEP stands for Wired Equivalent Privacy. It uses 64 or 128-bit static
keys. Key in a passphrase to let the system generate the WEP keys.
TKIP: Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP) dynamically generates unique
keys to encrypt every data packet in a wireless session.
AES: Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) is a dependable encryption
adopted in WPA2 or IEEE802.11i standard. It offers stronger protection
and greatly increases the complexity of wireless encryption.
TKIP + AES: For a network where WPA clients (using TKIP encryption) and WPA2
clients (using AES encryption) co-exist. Select this option to enable both.
How to setup wireless security
Open
1. Click Wireless -> Security in the navigation menu to open the configuration page.