Cisco RV215W Administration Manual page 73

Configuring the Wireless Network
Configuring Basic Wireless Settings
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If you want to provide your own key, enter it directly in the Key 1 field
(recommended). The length of the key should be 5 ASCII characters (or 10
hexadecimal characters) for 64-bit WEP and 13 ASCII characters (or 26
hexadecimal characters) for 128-bit WEP. Valid hexadecimal characters are 0 to 9
and A to F.
In the TX Key field, choose which key to use as the shared key that devices must
use to access the wireless network.
Click Save to save your settings.
Click Back to go back to the Basic Settings page.
Configuring WPA-Personal, WPA2-Personal, and WPA2-Personal Mixed
The WPA Personal, WPA2 Personal, and the WPA2 Personal Mixed security
modes offer strong security to replace WEP.
• WPA-Personal—WPA is part of the wireless security standard (802.11i)
standardized by the Wi-Fi Alliance and was intended as an intermediate
measure to take the place of WEP while the 802.11i standard was being
prepared. WPA-Personal supports Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP)
and Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) encryption.
• WPA2-Personal—(Recommended) WPA2 is the implementation of the
security standard specified in the final 802.11i standard. WPA2 supports
AES encryption and this option uses Preshared Key (PSK) for
authentication.
• WPA2-Personal Mixed—Allows both WPA and WPA2 clients to connect
simultaneously using PSK authentication.
The personal authentication is the PSK that is an alphanumeric passphrase shared
with the wireless peer.
To configure the WPA Personal security mode:
In the Wireless Table (Wireless > Basic Settings), check the box for the network
you want to configure.
Click Edit Security Mode. The Security Settings page appears.
In the Select SSID field, choose the SSID for which to configure the security
settings.
From the Security Mode menu, choose one of the three WPA Personal options.
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