NetComm 3G10WVR User Manual page 22

OPTION
S e lec t S S ID
Ne tw o rk A ut hen t ic at i o n
The settings for WPA authentication are shown below.
OPTION
WEP Enc rypti o n
WPA
WPA - P S K /W PA2 -PSK
Encrypt i o n S t ren g t h
HSPA WiFi Router with Voice-User Guide
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DESCRIPTION
Yo ur Se rvi c e Set Id e n t i fi e r ( SSI D ) , s ets y o ur W irel ess Net w o rk Name. Yo u can
c o nn e ct mu l t i p l e d e v i ce s i nc l u d i ng Lap t op s , D esk to p P Cs and PD A s t o y o ur
W ire le ss Ro u t e r. To g e t ad d i t i o n al d ev i ces co nnected , scan fo r a net wo r k, and
l o ca t e t he SSID s h o w n o n y o u r W ireless S ecur ity C ard . I f the SS I D d o es no t
mat c h, ac ce s s i s d e n i e d .
T h is o pt i o n i s u s ed fo r a u t h e n t i cati o n to the w i rel ess net wo r k. Each
a ut h e nt i ca t i o n t y p e h a s i t s o w n s etti ng s as il lus tr at ed b el o w. Fo r ex amp l e,
se le ct i n g 8 0 2 . 1 X a u t h e nt i c at i o n w il l rev eal the RA D IU S Ser v er I P ad d ress , P o rt
a nd K ey fi e l d s . W EP En c r y p t i o n wi l l al so b e enab l ed .
DESCRIPTION
T h is o pt i o n i n d i c at es w he t h e r d ata s ent o v er the net w o rk i s encry p t ed . T he sam e
n et w o rk ke y i s u s ed fo r d a t a en cr y p ti o n and netw o rk authenti cat io n. W hi l st f o ur
n et w o rk ke y s ca n b e d e fi n e d , o nl y o ne can b e used at any o ne t im e. U se the
n et w o rk ke y fo u n d i n t h e d ro p d o w n l is t.
WPA (W i-F i Pro t ec t ed Acc es s ) authenti cat io n i s s uit ab l e fo r ent erp r is e
a ppl ic a ti o n s . I t mu s t b e u s e d i n co nj uncti o n w i th an authenticati o n ser v er s uch
a s RADIU S t o p ro v i d e c e nt r a l i z ed access co ntro l and m anag ement. I t p ro v id es a
st ro n g er e n cr y p t i o n an d a u t h e nt icati o n so l utio n.
A ne we r t yp e o f s e cu r i t y i s W PA- PS K ( T K I P) and W PA 2 -P SK ( A ES) . Thi s ty p e
o f se c ur it y g i v e s a mo re s ec u re netw o r k co m p are to W E P. Us e T KI P Encry p t io n
Type f o r WPA- PSK a nd AES fo r W PA 2 -P SK . A fter that, p lease enter the key in
t h e Pas sph r a s e f i e l d . T he k ey need s to b e m o re than 8 characters and l es s t han
6 3 ch a rac t e r s an d i t ca n b e a ny co m b i nat io n o f lett er s and num b ers . Pl ease no te
t h at t he co n fi g u r a t i o n fo r W PA- PSK and W PA 2 -P SK i s i d enti cal .
T h is dro p-d o w n l i s t b o x w i l l d i s p lay w hen W EP Encr y p ti o n is enab l ed . T he k ey
st re n gt h is p ro p o r t i o n al t o t h e num b er o f b inar y b i ts co m p ri si ng the k ey. T his
mea n s t h a t k e y s w i t h a g re at er num b er o f b it s hav e a g reater d eg ree encr y p ted
da t a. o f se c u r i t y an d a re co n s i der ab ly mo re d iff icul t to cr ack . E ncr y p ti o n
st re n gt h ca n b e s et t o e i t he r 6 4 - b it o r 1 2 8 - b it . A 6 4 -b i t k ey i s eq ui v al ent to 5
ASCII ch a ra c t e r s o r 1 0 he x ad e cim al num b ers . A 1 2 8 -b i tk ey co ntains 1 3 AS C I I
c ha ra ct e rs o r 2 6 h e x a d ec i m al numb er s. FY I : Each key cont ai ns a 24 - b i t head er
(a n i n it ia t io n v ec t o r ) w hi ch e n ab les p arall el d eco d i ng o f m ult ip l e stream s o f
e nc ryp te d d a t a .
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