Wireless > Wireless Security - Linksys E3000 User Manual

Linksys E3000
Wireless > Wireless Security
The wireless security settings configure the security
of your wireless network(s) . The Router supports the
following wireless security options: WPA/WPA2 Mixed
Mode (default), WPA2 Personal, WPA Personal, WEP, and
RADIUS . (WPA stands for Wi-Fi Protected Access . WEP
stands for Wireless Equivalent Privacy . RADIUS stands for
Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service .)
The default option is WPA/WPA2 Mixed Mode, which
allows your devices to connect using the strongest
security option they support, WPA2 or WPA .
Personal Options
Security Option
WPA2 Personal
WPA/WPA2 Mixed Mode (default)
WPA Personal
WEP
Office Option
RADIUS is the security option offered for networks that
use a RADIUS server for authentication .
5 GHz or 2 .4 GHz Wireless Security
Wireless security is strongly recommended, and WPA2 is
the strongest method available . Use WPA2 if it is supported
by all of your wireless devices .
Security Mode
Select the security method for each wireless network . If
you do not want to use wireless security, keep the default,
Disabled .
NOTE: If you are not using WPA2/WPA
Mixed-Mode then each device in your wireless
network MUST use the same encryption
method and shared key, or else the network will
not function properly .
High Performance Wireless-N Router
Strength
Strongest
WPA2: Strongest
WPA: Strong
Strong
Basic
Chapter 3: Advanced Configuration
WPA2/WPA Mixed Mode
WPA2/WPA Mixed Mode
Passphrase Enter a passphrase of 8-63 characters .
WPA2 Personal
NOTE:
If you are not using WPA2/WPA
Mixed Mode, each device in your wireless
network MUST use the same WPA method
and Passphrase, or else the network will not
function properly .
WPA2 Personal
Passphrase
Enter a passphrase of 8-63 characters .
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