Asus WL500GD User Manual page 34

Chapter 3 - Software Configuration
Wireless (Cont.)
Authentication
Method
Open or shared key
Shared key
^
WPA-PSK
WPA ^
Radius with 802.1x
* WL500g/WL500g Deluxe supports AES and TKIP encryption for WPA.
^ WL500b does not support WPA and Radius with 802.1x and WL500b only supports TKIP encryption for WPA-PSK.
WEP Encryption
Traditional WEP encryption is applied when "Open or Shared Key", "Shared
Key" or "Radius with 802.1x" authentication methods are selected.
WL500g/WL500g Deluxe:
tion methods are selected, you still can set WEP encryption for
those clients that do not support WPA/WPA-PSK. Please note that
Key Index for WEP key is limited to 2 or 3 when both WPA and WEP
encryption are supported at the same time.
64/128-bit versus 40/104-bit
The following section explains low-level (64-bit) and high-level (128-bit)
WEP Encryption schemes:
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Encryption
None
WEP-64 bits
WEP-128 bits
WEP-64 bits
WEP-128 bits
TKIP only *
AES only *
TKIP only *
AES only *
Auto
^
WEP-64 bits
WEP-128 bits
When "WPA" or "WPA-PSK" authentica-
ASUS Wireless Router
Passphrase WEP Key 1~4
Not required Not required
1~64 characters 10 hex
1~64 characters 26 hex
1~64 characters 10 hex
1~64 characters 26 hex
8~63 characters Not required
8~63 characters Not required
Not required Not required
Not required Not required
Not required Not required
1~64 characters 10 hex
1~64 characters 26 hex