INTELLINET NETWORK 525152 Wireless 150N High-Power USB Adapter User Manual User Manual

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• WEP: Enables the WEP Data Encryption. When the item is selected,

you need to continue setting the WEP Encryption keys.

• TKIP: The Temporal Key Integrity Protocol changes the temporal key

every 10,000 packets (a kind of message transmitted over a network.)

This ensures much greater security than the standard WEP security.

• AES: AES has been developed to ensure the highest degree of

security and authenticity for digital information. It’s the most advanced

solution defined by IEEE 802.11i for security in the wireless network.

NOTE: All devices in the network should use the same encryption

method to ensure the security of communications.

WPA Pre-Shared Key: The WPA-PSK key can be 8 to 64 characters in

length and can be letters or numbers. This same key must be used on

all the wireless stations in the network.

WEP Key (Key#1–4): WEP keys are used to encrypt data transmitted

in the wireless network. There are two types of key length: 64-bit and

128-bit. Assign a default encryption key (Key#1 to Key#4) by clicking

on the corresponding radio button. To fill in each text field:

• 64-bit: Input 10-digit hex values (in the A-F, a-f and 0-9 range) or

5-digit ASCII characters (a-z and 0-9) as the encryption keys.

For example: “0123456aef“ or “test1.”

• 128-bit: Input 26-digit hex values (in the A-F, a-f and 0-9 range) or

13-digit ASCII characters (“a-z” and “0-9”) as the encryption keys.

For example: “01234567890123456789abcdef“ or “administrator.”
The IEEE 802.1X specification describes a protocol that can be used for

authenticating both clients (802.1x Setting/Certification below) and servers

(802.1x Setting/CA Server below) on a network. The authentication

algorithms and methods are those provided by the Extensible Authentication

Protocol (EAP), a method of authentication that has been in use for a

number of years on networks that provide Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP)

support (as many Internet service providers and enterprises do). EAP

runs before network layer protocols transmit data over the link.
When an AP acting as an authenticator detects a wireless station on the

LAN, it sends an EAP request for the user’s identity to the device. In

turn, the device responds with its identity, and the AP relays this identity

to an authentication server (typically an external RADIUS server).

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