Manually Configuring Your Wireless Security - NETGEAR DGN2000 Reference Manual

Wireless-N ADSL2+ Modem Router DGN2000 Reference Manual
Table 2-1. Wireless Settings (continued)
Settings
Security Options WPA2-PSK
(continued)
Mixed WPS-PSK+
WPA2-PSK
WPA-802.1x

Manually Configuring Your Wireless Security

To set up wireless security, you can either manually configure it in the Wireless Settings screen, or
you can use Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) to automatically set the SSID and implement
WPA/WPA2 security (see
and Security" on page
Note: If you use a wireless computer to configure wireless security settings, you will be
disconnected when you click Apply. Reconfigure your wireless computer to match
the new settings, or access the modem router from a wired computer to make fur-
ther changes.
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Description
WPA Pre-Shared-Key (Wi-Fi Protected Access 2 with Pre-
Shared Key) uses a pre-shared key to perform the
authentication and generate the initial data encryption keys.
Then, it dynamically varies the encryption key. WPA2-PSK
provides the best throughput with 802.11N because the
encryption is supported in the hardware. WPA2-PSK uses
AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) data encryption,
implements the full IEEE 802.11i standard, but does not
work with some older network cards. See
Mixed WPA-PSK+WPA2-PSK
Mixed WPA-PSK + WPA2-PSK uses both WPA-PSK +
WPA2-PSK standard encryption. A high performance client
such as the NETGEAR WN511B should connect using
WPA2-PSK in order to achieve maximum performance.
Wireless clients that connect to this router using WPA-PSK
will run at reduced performance levels. See
Mixed WPA-PSK+WPA2-PSK
In WPA-802.1x mode, user authentication is implemented
using 802.1x and RADIUS servers. See
802.1x."
"Using Push 'N' Connect (WPS) to Configure Your Wireless Network
2-17).
Configuring Your Wireless Network and Security Settings
v1.0, July 2008
"Configuring
Security."
"Configuring
Security."
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