EnGenius 11b/g Wireless SOHO Router User Manual page 36

11b/g Wireless SOHO Router Version 1.0
Encryption: Select a WPA or WPA2 encryption from the drop-down list. The
encryption algorithm used to secure the data communication. TKIP (Temporal Key
Integrity Protocol) provides per-packet key generation and is based on WEP. AES
(Advanced Encryption Standard) is a very secure block based encryption. Note that,
if the bridge uses the AES option, the bridge can associate with the access point only
if the access point is also set to use only AES. The device negotiates the cipher type
with the access point, and uses AES when available.
Pre-Shared Key: The key is entered as a pass-phrase of up to 63 alphanumeric
characters in ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange) format at
both ends of the wireless connection. It cannot be shorter than eight characters,
although for proper security it needs to be of ample length and should not be a
commonly known phrase. This phrase is used to generate session keys that are
unique for each wireless client.
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