Brother MFC 7840W - Manual (Page 30)

Configuring your machine for a wireless network
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„ WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK
Enables a Wi-Fi
®
Protected Access Pre-shared key (WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK), which enables the Brother
wireless machine to associate with access points using TKIP for WPA-PSK or AES for WPA-PSK and
WPA2-PSK (WPA-Personal).
„ LEAP
Cisco
®
LEAP (Light Extensible Authentication Protocol) has been developed by Cisco Systems, Inc. which
uses user ID and password for authentication.
Encryption methods
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Encryption is used to secure the data that is sent over the wireless network. The Brother wireless machine
supports the following encryption methods:
„ None
No encryption method is used.
„ WEP
By using WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy), the data is transmitted and received with a secure key.
„ TKIP
TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity Protocol) provides per-packet key mixing a message integrity check and
rekeying mechanism.
„ AES
AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) is the Wi-Fi
®
authorized strong encryption standard.
„ CKIP
The original Key Integrity Protocol for LEAP by Cisco Systems, Inc.
Network key
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There are some rules for each security method:
„ Open system/Shared key with WEP
This key is a 64-bit or 128-bit value that must be entered in an ASCII or hexadecimal format.
• 64 (40) bit ASCII:
Uses 5 text characters. e.g. “WSLAN” (this is case sensitive).
• 64 (40) bit hexadecimal:
Uses 10 digits of hexadecimal data. e.g. “71f2234aba”
• 128 (104) bit ASCII:
Uses 13 text characters. e.g.“Wirelesscomms” (this is case sensitive)
• 128 (104) bit hexadecimal:
Uses 26 digits of hexadecimal data. e.g. “71f2234ab56cd709e5412aa2ba”