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Palm Treo 700w User Manual

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Using Your Treo 700w Smartphone

CHAPTER 9

Customizing Your Smartphone

Authentication: Sets the method
used to identify devices that connect to
the network.

Open: Indicates the network uses

open authentication.

Shared: Indicates the network uses

shared authentication.

WPA: Indicates the network is a

WPA network that uses 802.1x
protocols.

WPA-PSK: Indicates the network is a WPA network that

requires a pre-shared key (password).

Data Encryption: Sets the encryption method. The options in
this list vary based on your Authentication setting.

Disabled: Turns data encryption off.

WEP: Turns on the wired equivalent privacy encryption

method.

TKIP: Turns on the temporal key integrity protocol encryption

method. This method is often used to encrypt WPA and
WPA-PSK connections.

The key is automatically provided: Indicates whether you
need to specify the Network key and Key index provided by
your system administrator, or whether the network provides this
information. The availability of these options varies based on
your Authentication and Data Encryption settings.