SMC Networks SMCWUSBS-N - Manual (Page 48)

AP Mode Configuration
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Use Mac Address — Click the button to display the physical layer address of the
access point.
Security Setting — Configure the authentication and encryption.
• Authentication Type – Selects the wireless security mechanism for the network.
- Open – Accepts any client attempting to connect to the access point without
verifying its identity.
- Shared – Uses Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) to verify client identity by
distributing a shared key to clients.
- WPA-PSK – Use pre-shared key authentication for WPA-compliant clients.
- WPA2-PSK – Use pre-shared key authentication for WPA2-compliant clients.
- WPA-PSK / WPA2-PSK – Use pre-shared key authentication for WPA- and
WPA2-compliant clients when they coexist in the same network.
• Encryption Type – Selects the encryption cipher to use for multicast and unicast
data traffic.
- Not Use – No encryption is used.
- WEP – Uses WEP shared keys.
- TKIP – Uses TKIP keys for both multicast and unicast encryption..
- AES – Uses AES keys for both multicast and unicast encryption.
- Both – Uses TKIP for the multicast cipher and TKIP or AES for the unicast cipher
depending on the capability of associated clients.
• Pre-shared Key – Enter a key as an easy-to-remember form of letters and
numbers. The key must be from 8 to 32 characters, which can include spaces. All
wireless clients must be configured with the same key to communicate with the
access point.
• Group Rekey Interval – Enter the group key renewal time. This feature is only
avaliable when WPA-PSK encryption is used.
• WEP Key – Only avaliable when WEP encryption is selected. Standard keys are
either 5 or 13 alpanumeric characters; or 10 or 32 hexadecimal digits. Check the
Show Password box to display password characters as you type instead of
asterisks.
Click OK to confirm the configuration or click Cancel to cancel the settings.