NETGEAR WAX220 User Manual page 42

Essentials WiFi 6 AX4200 Dual Band Multi-Gig Access Point Model WAX220
10. In the Wireless Security section, select the open or OWE option or a WPA personal
option from the Security Mode menu:
• Open: A legacy open WiFi network does not provide any security. Any WiFi
device can join the network. WiFi devices are not authenticated and traffic is not
encrypted. We recommend that you do not use a legacy open WiFi network
without any security. However, a legacy open network might be appropriate for
a WiFi hotspot.
• OWE: The WiFi network can only accept WiFi devices that support the WiFi
enhanced open feature, which is based on opportunistic wireless encryption
(OWE). Select this option only if all the WiFi devices in the WiFi network support
OWE. (With this option, WiFi devices that do not support OWE cannot connect.)
• WPA2-Personal: This option, which is the same as WPA2-PSK, is the default
setting. This type of security enables only WiFi devices that support WPA2 to join
the SSID.
• WPA3-Personal: This option, which is the same as WPA3-PSK, is the most secure
personal authentication option. WPA3 enables only WiFi devices that support
WPA3 with the 802.11ax (Wi-Fi 6) standard to join the SSID. If your network also
includes WPA2 devices that do not support the 802.11ax (Wi-Fi 6) standard,
select WPA3/WPA2-Personal security.
• WPA2/WPA3-Personal: This option, which is the same as WPA3-PSK/WPA2-PSK,
enables WiFi devices that support either WPA2 or WPA3 to join the SSID. WPA2
is less secure than WPA3.
11. If you select a WPA personal option from the Security Mode menu, configure the
following settings:
• Passphrase: Set a WiFi password of 8 to 63 characters. To join the SSID, a user
must enter this WiFi password.
• Group Key Update Interval: Set a period from 30 to 3600 seconds, which is the
period after which the WiFi network group key changes in the background.
(Connected users are not affected.) The default period is 3600 seconds. To disable
group key changes, set the value to 0.
12. Click the Apply button.
A pop-up window displays.
13. Click the OK button.
Your settings are saved. The page closes. (The original page with the Wireless Settings
section and other sections remains open.)
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