Chapter 6 Security Description Guide; Auth. \ Encry. Setting - Wep/Tkip/Aes; 802.1X Setup Details - Rosewill RNX-N150PCX User Manual

Wireless N Adapter RNX-N150PCx
Chapter 6 Security Description
6.1

Auth. \ Encry. Setting - WEP/TKIP/AES

Figure 6-1
Definition of Each Fields in Auth. \ Encry.:
Authentication Type: There are 7 authentication modes
supported by Rosewill Utility. They are open, Shared, LEAP,
WPA and WPA-PSK, WPA2 and WPA2-PSK.
Encryption Type: For open and shared authentication mode,
the available encryption types are None and WEP. For WPA,
WPA2, WPA-PSK and WPA2-PSK authentication mode, the
encryption type supports both TKIP and AES.
802.1X: This is introduced in the topic of Section 3-2.
WPA Pre-shared Key: This is the shared key between the AP
and STA. If operating in WPA-PSK and WPA2-PSK
authentication mode, this field must be filled with a key
between 8 and 32 characters in length.
WEP Key: Only valid when using WEP encryption algorithm.
The key must match the AP's key. There are several formats
to enter the keys.
Hexadecimal - 40bits: 10 Hex characters.
Hexadecimal - 128bits: 32Hex characters.
ASCII - 40bits: 5 ASCII characters.
ASCII - 128bits: 13 ASCII characters.
6.2

802.1x Setup Details

802.1x is an advance Security function which used for authentication
of the "WPA" and "WPA2" certificate by the server. Sometimes you
may need to use this function when your wireless network under
enterprise level.
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Figure 6-2
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