More Secure (Wpa(2)-Psk) - ZyXEL Communications VMG8924-B10D User Manual

Figure 31 Wireless > General: Basic (WEP)
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Table 18 Wireless > General: Basic (WEP)
LABEL
Security Level
Generate
password
automatically
Password 1~4
more.../less
WEP Encryption

7.2.3 More Secure (WPA(2)-PSK)

The WPA-PSK security mode provides both improved data encryption and user authentication over
WEP. Using a Pre-Shared Key (PSK), both the VMG and the connecting client share a common password
in order to validate the connection. This type of encryption, while robust, is not as strong as WPA, WPA2
or even WPA2-PSK. The WPA2-PSK security mode is a newer, more robust version of the WPA encryption
standard. It offers slightly better security, although the use of PSK makes it less robust than it could be.
Click Network Setting > Wireless to display the General screen. Select More Secure as the security level.
Then select WPA-PSK or WPA2-PSK from the Security Mode list.
Chapter 7 Wireless
DESCRIPTION
Select Basic to enable WEP data encryption.
Select this option to have the VMG automatically generate a password. The password field will
not be configurable when you select this option.
The password (WEP keys) are used to encrypt data. Both the VMG and the wireless stations must
use the same password (WEP key) for data transmission.
If you chose 64-bit WEP, then enter any 5 ASCII characters or 10 hexadecimal characters ("0-9",
"A-F").
If you chose 128-bit WEP, then enter 13 ASCII characters or 26 hexadecimal characters ("0-9", "A-
F").
You must configure at least one password, only one password can be activated at any one
time.
Click more... to show more fields in this section. Click less to hide them.
Select 64-bits or 128-bits.
This dictates the length of the security key that the network is going to use.
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