PLANET WNAP-1120 - Manual (Page 35)

3.5.3 WPA pre-shared key
WiFi Protected Access (WPA) is an advanced security standard. You can use a pre-shared key
to authenticate wireless stations and encrypt data during communication. It uses TKIP or CCMP
(AES) to change the encryption key frequently. So the encryption key is not easy to be broken
by hackers. This can improve security very much.
Parameter Description
Encryption Select “WPA pre-shared key” in this option.
WPA (TKIP) TKIP can change the encryption key frequently to enhance the wireless
LAN security.
WPA2 (AES) This use CCMP protocol to change encryption key frequently. AES can
provide high-level encryption to enhance the wireless LAN security.
WPA Unicast
Cipher Suite
WPA2 Mixed This will use TKIP or AES based on the other communication peer
automatically.
Pre-shared Key Format You may select to select Passphrase (alphanumeric format) or
Hexadecimal Digits (in the “A-F”, “a-f” and “0-9” range) to be the
Pre-shared Key.
Pre-shared Key The Pre-shared key is used to authenticate and encrypt data
transmitted in the wireless network. Fill the text box by following the
rules below.
Hex: input 64-digit Hex values (in the “A-F”, “a-f” and “0-9” range)
Passphrase: at least 8 characters.
After configuration complete, please click “Apply” button to save the configuration. Then you will
see a screen to prompt you the settings are saving successfully. You may press “Continue” for
configure other settings or “Apply” to restart WNAP-1120 with new configuration.
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