Planet Networking & Communication WRT-414 User Manual page 45

After configuration complete, please click "Apply" button to save the configuration. Then you will see a
screen to prompt you the settings are save successfully. You may press "Continue" for configure other
settings or "Apply" to restart WRT-414 with new configuration.
5.4.3.3 WPA-PSK
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 is not easy to be broken by hackers. This
can improve security very much.
Parameter
Encryption
WPA (TKIP)
WPA Unicast
WPA2 (AES)
Cipher Suite
WPA2 Mixed
Pre-shared Key Format
Pre-shared Key
Description
Please select "WPA pre-shared key" in this option.
TKIP can change the encryption key frequently to enhance the wireless
LAN security.
This use CCMP protocol to change encryption key frequently. AES can
provide high-level encryption to enhance the wireless LAN security.
This will use TKIP or AES based on the other communication peer
automatically.
You may select to select Passphrase (alphanumeric format) or
Hexadecimal Digits (in the "A-F", "a-f" and "0-9" range) to be the
Pre-shared Key.
The Pre-shared key is used to authenticate and encrypt data
transmitted in the wireless network. Fill the text box by following the
rules below.
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