Edimax EW-7206APg User Manual page 22

WPA pre-shared key
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. You can use WPA pre-shared key encryption in "AP mode", "Station-Ad Hoc
mode", "Station-Infrastructure mode", "AP Bridge-WDS mode" and "Universal Repeater mode".
Parameter
WPA(TKIP)
WPA2(AES)
WPA2 Mixed
Pre-shared Key Format
Pre-shared Key
Click Apply button at the bottom of the screen to save the above configurations. You can now configure
other advance sections or start using the Access Point.
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. For example:
Passphrase: iamguest
Hexadecimal Digits: 12345abcde
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.
Hex WEP: input 64-digit Hex values (in the "A-F", "a-f" and "0-9" range)
or at least 8 character pass phrase as the pre-shared keys.
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