Wpa Pre-Shared Key - Edimax BR-6215SRg User Manual

2.4.3.4 WPA Pre-shared key

Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) is an advanced security standard. You can use
a pre-shared key to authenticate wireless stations and encrypt data during
communication. It uses TKIP or CCMP (AES) to change the encryption key
frequently. So the encryption key will not be known by hackers easily, and this
will improve security.
Parameters
TKIP will change the encryption key frequently to enhance
WPA(TKIP)
the wireless LAN security.
WPA2 AES uses CCMP protocol to change encryption key
WPA2(AES) frequently. AES can provide high level encryption to enhance
the wireless LAN security.
WPA2 Mixed will use TKIP or AES based on the other
WPA2 Mixed
communication peer automatically.
You may select Passphrase (alphanumeric format) or
Pre-shared Hexadecimal Digits (in the "A-F", "a-f" and "0-9" range) to be
Key Format the Pre-shared Key. For example:
Passphrase: iamguest
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