American Dynamics Illustra Flex Series User Manual page 42

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Security: This unit supports four wireless security options, None (no data encryption),
WPA-Personal, WPA2-Personal and Public. WIFI Protected Access
(WPA-Personal/WPA2-personal) and Public offer different levels of security for wireless
communication by encryption to protect data transmitted over a wireless network. The WPA2/WPA
is more secure than Public because WPA2/WPA use dynamic key encryption. It is recommended to
enable the highest level of encryption supported by the network infrastructure.
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Encryption:
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WEP - Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) is a basic encryption method which transmits network
broadcast messages using radio signals. WEP provides a minimum level of security that can
deter minor intrusions.
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TKIP - Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP) is an encryption protocol included as part of the
IEEE 802.11i standard for wireless LANs (WLANs). It was designed to provide more secure
encryptions than the notoriously weak Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP), the original WLAN
security protocol. TKIP is the encryption method used in Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA), which
replaced WEP in WLAN products.
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AES - Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) offers a higher level of security and is approved
for government use, but requires a hardware upgrade for implementation. As organizations
replace older wireless equipment, AES is expected to become the accepted encryption
standard for WLAN security.
When "Public" is selected in "Security", "WEP" will be displayed in "Encryption", and "Key" shows
automatically.
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