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6.2.3 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 Device 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 Settings > 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.
Figure 35 Wireless > General: More Secure: WPA(2)-PSK
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Table 19 Wireless > General: WPA(2)-PSK
LABEL
Security Level
Security Mode
Pre-Shared Key
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DESCRIPTION
Select More Secure to enable WPA(2)-PSK data encryption.
Select WPA-PSK or WPA2-PSK from the drop-down list box.
The encryption mechanisms used for WPA/WPA2 and WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK
are the same. The only difference between the two is that WPA-PSK/WPA2-
PSK uses a simple common password, instead of user-specific credentials.
Type a pre-shared key from 8 to 63 case-sensitive ASCII characters or 64
hexidecimal digits.
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