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WPA(2)-PSK Application Example
A WPA(2)-PSK application looks as follows.
First enter identical passwords into the AP and all wireless clients. The Pre-Shared Key (PSK) must consist
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of between 8 and 63 ASCII characters or 64 hexadecimal characters (including spaces and symbols).
The AP checks each wireless client's password and allows it to join the network only if the password
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matches.
The AP and wireless clients generate a common PMK (Pairwise Master Key). The key itself is not sent over
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the network, but is derived from the PSK and the SSID.
The AP and wireless clients use the TKIP or AES encryption process, the PMK and information exchanged
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in a handshake to create temporal encryption keys. They use these keys to encrypt data exchanged
between them.
Figure 174 WPA(2)-PSK Authentication
Security Parameters Summary
Refer to this table to see what other security parameters you should configure for each authentication
method or key management protocol type. MAC address filters are not dependent on how you
configure these security features.
Table 130 Wireless Security Relational Matrix
AUTHENTICATION METHOD/
KEY MANAGEMENT
PROTOCOL
Open
Open
Shared
WPA
Appendix B Wireless LANs
ENCRYPTION ENTER MANUAL
METHOD KEY
None No
WEP No
Yes
Yes
WEP No
Yes
Yes
TKIP/AES No
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