Edimax AR-7287WnA User Manual page 46

User Manual
The following table describes the parameters of this page.
Field
SSID Type
Encryption
Set WEP Key
WPA
Authenticati
on Mode
Click Set WEP Key, and the following page appears.
Description
Service Set Identifier, is a name of a local area network
Configure the wireless encryption mode. You can choose None, WEP,
WPA (TKIP), WPA (AES), WPA2 (AES), WPA2 (TKIP) or WPA2 Mixed.
 Wired equivalent privacy0 (WEP) encrypts data frames before
transmitting over the wireless network.
 Wi-Fi protected access (WPA) is a subset of the IEEE802.11i security
specification draft.
 WPA2 Mixed is the collection of WPA and WPA2 encryption modes.
The wireless client establishes the connection between the modem
through WPA or WPA2.
Key differences between WPA and WEP are user authentication and
improved data encryption.
It is available when you set the encryption mode to WEP. Click it, the
Wireless WEP Key Setup page appears.
 Select Personal (Pre-Shared Key), enter the pre-shared key in the
Pre-Shared Key field.
 Select Enterprise (RADIUS), enter the port, IP address, and password
of the Radius server. You need to enter the username and password
provided by the Radius server when the wireless client connects the
modem.
If the encryption is set to WEP, the modem uses 802.1 X authentication,
which is Radius authentication.