beautypg.com

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

Page 15

background image

WL-500gP Wireless Router User Manual

13

2) Setting up wireless encryption

WL-500gP 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-500gP, contact your network

administrator for advice.
Click

Wireless -> Interface to open the configuration page.

Encryption
The encrytion modes supported by WL-500gP 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-128bits, then manually type in four sets

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