Asus WL-160W: Quick Start Guide Data encryption

Quick Start Guide

Data encryption

For Open and Shared authentication mode, the configuration options of

encryption type are Disabled and WEP. For WPA, WPA-PSK, WPA2 and

WPA2-PSK authentication mode, Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP)

encryption and Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) encryption are supported.

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Disabled

- Disable the encryption function.

WEP

- WEP Key is used to encrypt your data before it is transmitted over air.

You can only connect and communicate with wireless devices that use the

same WEP keys.

TKIP

- TKIP uses an encryption algorithm methods which is more stringent

than the WEP algorithm. It also uses existing WLAN calculation facilities to

perform encryption. TKIP veries the security conguration after the encryption

keys are determined.

AES:

AES is a symmetric 128-bit block encryption technique which works

simultaneously on multiple network layers.

Wireless Network Key

This option is enabled only if you select WPA-PSK or WPA2-PSK authentication

mode. Select “TKIP” or “AES” in the encryption led as encryption mode to

begin the encryption proceed. Note: 8 to 64 characters are required in this eld.

Wireless Network Key (WEP)

This option is congurable only if you enable WEP in Network Authentication

eld. The WEP Key is a 64 bits (5 byte) or 128 bits (13 byte) Hexadecimal

digits which is used to encrypt and decrypt data packets.

Key Format

You can select to enter Hexadecimal digits (0~9, a~f, and A~F) or ASCII

characters to setup keys by dening the Key Format.

Key Length

For 64 bits encryption, each key contains 10 hex digits or 5 ASCII characters.

For 128 bits encryption, each key contains 26 hex digits or 13 ASCII characters.

Two ways to assign WEP keys

1. Manual Assignment

- When you select this option, the cursor appears

in the eld for Key 1. For 64-bit encryption, you are required to enter four

WEP Keys. Each Key contains exactly 10 hex digits (0~9, a~f, and A~F).

For 128-bit encryption, you are required to enter four WEP Keys. Each Key

contains exactly 26 hex digits (0~9, a~f, and A~F).

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