Teletronics EZPlatform - Manual (Page 20)

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Authentication: select the WEP authentication type.
ƒ Open: stations are always automatically authenticated and associated, but cannot pass
traffic if they do not have a matching WEP key.
ƒ Shared: stations need to have the same WEP key as the AP to be authenticated. Shared
authentication is considered a security risk since the encryption scheme is sent over the
air during the authentication negotiation process, making it easier for a hacker to discover
the WEP key.
Default WEP key: data received is decrypted using any of the four WEP keys, but data
transmitted is encrypted using the default WEP key only.
WEP key length: whether to use a 64-bit or a 128-bit key. A longer key is considered to be
more robust.
WEP key 1-4: enter the WEP key to be used. The key must be of the same length as specified
in ‘WEP key length’ and may only contain hexadecimal digits (0-9, A-F).
WPA Settings
WPA mode: select which WPA mode should be used
ƒ WPA: released before the completion of the IEEE 802.11i standard and specifically
designed to work with pre-WPA wireless network cards.
ƒ WPA2: implements the full 802.11i standard but may not work with some older network
cards.
ƒ WPA and WPA2
Cipher: the specific algorithm for performing encryption and decryption
ƒ TKIP: Temporal Key Integrity Protocol
ƒ AES: Advanced Encryption Standard
ƒ TKIP and AES
Pre-shared key: the password to be used for WPA. It must be between 8 and 63 characters
long.
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