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Monoprice 8745 Wireless N PoE Access Point User Manual

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the basic foundations of WEP. It secures wireless data

transmission by using a key similar to WEP, but the

added strength of WPA is that the key changes

dynamically, making it much more difficult for a hacker

to learn the key and gain access to the network. WPA2

is the second generation of WPA security and provides

a stronger encryption mechanism through Advanced

Encryption Standard (AES), which is a requirement for

some government users.