ProSoft Technology RadioLinx RLXIB-IHW-66 User Manual page 98

RLXIB-IHW-66 ♦ 802.11a, b, g
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WPA
Wi-Fi Protected Access is a data encryption specification for 802.11 wireless
networks that replaces the weaker WEP. It improves on WEP by using dynamic
keys, Extensible Authentication Protocol to secure network access, and an
encryption method called Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP) to secure data
transmissions.
WPA2
An enhanced version of WPA. It is the official 802.11i standard. It uses Advanced
Encryption Standard instead of TKIP. AES supports 128-bit, 192-bit, and 256-bit
encryption keys.
Yagi Antenna
An antenna type that radiates in only a specific direction. Yagi antennas are used
in point-to-point situations.
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