Asus WL-100gE - Manual (Page 16)

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Quick Start Guide
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WPA - The network is operating in IEEE 802.1x authentication mode. This mode is
environments with a RADIUS (Remote Access Dial-in User Service) infrastructure. In
a RADIUS environment, various Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) are
supported, including PEAP, TLS/Smart Card, TTLS, and LEAP.
Data encryption
For open and shared authentication mode, the selection of encryption type are Disable
and WEP. For WPA-PSK and WPA authentication mode, it must support TKIP (Temporal
Key Integrity Protocol) encryption, and may support AES (Advanced Encryption
Standard) encryption.
Disabled - Disable the encryption function.
WEP - A WEP Key is used to encrypt your data before it is transmitted over the air. You
will only be able to communicate with wireless devices that have use the same WEP
keys.
TKIP: TKIP uses an encryption algorithm methods which is more stringent than the
WEP algorithm and also uses existing WLAN calculation facilities to perform encryption
operations. TKIP verifies the security configuration after the encryption keys are
determined.
AES: AES is a symmetric 128-bit block encryption technique which works
simultaneously on multiple network layers.
Wireless Network Key
Selecting “TKIP” or “AES” in the encryption filed is used as a password to begin the
encryption proceed. Note: 8 to 63 characters are required.
Wireless Network Key (WEP)
This option is enable only if you enable WEP Encryption. The WEP Key is a 64 bits (5
byte) or 128 bits (13 byte) Hexadecimal digits that is used to encrypt transmit data
packets and decrypt received data packets.
Key Format
You can enter the WEP Key as a Hexadecimal digits (0~9, a~f, and A~F), or as ASCII
characters, based on the state of the Key Format.
Key Length
For 64 bits encryption, each Key contains exactly 10 hex digits, or 5 ASCII characters.
For 128 bits encryption, each Key contains exactly 26 hex digits, or 13 ASCII characters.