Edimax Technology BR-6258n User Manual

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WPA pre‐shared key

WPA (Wi‐Fi Protected Access) is also an encryption method and is safer than WEP. It’s
recommended to use WPA instead of WEP when you need to use encryption to protect
your data security.

Here are descriptions of every setup items:

Item Name

Description

WPA Unicast Cipher
Suite

Please select a type of WPA cipher suite.
Available options are: WPA (TKIP), WPA2
(AES), and WPA2 Mixed. You can select one of
them, but you have to make sure your wireless
client support the cipher you selected.

Pre‐shared Key Format Select the type of pre‐shared key, you

can select Passphrase (8 or more
alphanumerical characters, up to 63), or Hex
(64 characters of 0‐9, and a‐f).

Pre‐shared Key

Please input the WPA passphrase here.
It’s not recommended to use a word that can
be found in a dictionary due to security
reason.

Please click ‘Apply’ to save changes, or click ‘Reset’ to clear the texts in all fields. If you click
‘Apply’, the following messages will appear:

You can click ‘Continue’ to back to previous page and continue setting, or click ‘Apply’ to
restart the broadband router so the changes will take effect.