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PS Mode

Constantly Awake Mode (CAM), also known as Disable Power Saving Mode, is a

full powered state that yields the best performance. We recommend this mode for

devices running on AC power.

Max PSP (Maximum power-saving mode), which is also known as Enable Power

Saving mode, periodically wakes up the system to check if there is any data being

sent. We recommend this mode for devices running on battery power.

Others

Encryption: Click this link to show the "Encryption" tab.

Advanced: Click this link to show the "Advanced" tab. In most cases, the default

values do not have to be changed.

Config - Encryption

This page enables you to configure the Wireless LAN Adapter encryption settings.

For data confidentiality in a wireless environment, IEEE 802.11 specifies a Wired

Equivalent Privacy (WEP) algorithm to offer transmission privacy. The WEP uses

keys to encrypt and decrypt data packets. The encryption process can scramble

frame bits to avoid disclosure to others. The WPA-Personal/WPA2-Personal

is improved security system for 802.11 which are developed to overcome the

weakness of the WEP protocol.

Network Authentication

Since there is no precise bound in wireless LANs, the

WLAN users need to implement certain mechanism to

provide security solution. The Authentication policies

in this tab provide protection of different levels such as

Open, Shared, WPA-Personal, WPA2-Personal, WPA-

Enterprise, and WPA2-Enterprise.

Open - Select this option to make the network operate

on Open System mode, which use no authentication

algorithm. Open stations and APs can authenticate

with each other without checking any WEP Key, even

if there is.
Shared - Select this option to make the network operate on Shared key mode. In

a Share Key Authentication system, four-step exchange of frames is required to

validate that the station is using the same WEP Key as the access point.

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