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2) setting up wireless encryption – Asus WL-500W User Manual

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2) Setting up wireless encryption

WL-500W provides a set of encryption and authentication

methods to meet the different demands of home, SOHO,

and enterprise users. Before setting up encryption

and authentication for WL-500W, contact your network

administrator for advice.
Click Wireless -> Interface to open the configuration page.

Encryption
The encryption modes supported by WL-500W are: WEP (64bits), WEP (128bits),

TKIP, AES, and TKIP+AES.

WEP stands for Wired Equivalent Privacy, it uses 64bits or 128bits static keys

to encrypt the data for wireless transmission. To setup WEP keys, set WEP

Encryption to WEP-64bits or WEP-28bits, then manually type in four sets

WEP Keys (10 hexadecimal digits for 64-bit key or 26 hexadecimal digits

for 128-bit key). You can also let the system generate the keys by entering a

Passphrase.
TKIP stands for Temporal Key Integrity Protocol. TKIP dynamically generates

unique keys to encrypt every data packet in a wireless session.
AES stands for Advanced Encryption Standard. This solution offers stronger

protection and increases the complexity of wireless encryption.
TKIP+AES is used when both WPA and WPA2 clients co-exist in the wireless

network.

Note: For 802.11n performance, select 40MHz bandwidth. Channel option will
depend on the bandwidth that you select.