4 wpa – PLANET WRT-416 User Manual

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5.3.4 WPA

Wi-Fi 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.

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WPA(TKIP)
TKIP can change the encryption key frequently to enhance the wireless LAN security.

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WPA(AES)
This uses CCMP protocol to change encryption key frequently. AES can provide high level encryption to
enhance the wireless LAN security.

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Personal (Pre-Shared Key)
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.
<For example: Passphrase: iamguest Hexadecimal Digits: 12345abcde>

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Enterprise (Radius)
You can use an external RADIUS server to authenticate wireless stations and provide the session key to
encrypt data during communication. It uses TKIP or CCMP(AES) to change the encryption key
frequently. This can improve security very much.

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RADIUS Server port
The service port of the external RADIUS server.

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RADIUS Server IP Address
The IP address of external RADIUS server.

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RADIUS Server Password
The password used by external RADIUS server.

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