Asus WL-169gE: Cong - Authentication

Quick Start Guide

2. Automatic Generation

- Type a combination of up to 64 letters,

numbers, or symbols in the Passphrase box, the Wireless Settings Utility

automatically uses an algorithm to generate four WEP Keys.

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Select one as your Default Key

The Default Key eld allows you specify which of the four encryption keys is to

use for transmitting data over wireless LAN. You can change the default key

by clicking on the downward arrow, selecting the number of the key you want

to use, and clicking the “Apply” button. If the access point or station with which

you are communicating uses the identical key by the same sequence, you can

use any of the keys as the default on your WLAN Card.

Click the “Apply” button after you have created the encryption keys, the

Wireless Settings Utility uses asterisks to mask your keys.

Cong - Authentication

This tab allows you to set the security settings to match those of your AP. It is

congurable only if you have set Network Authentication to WPA or WPA2 in

Cong-Encryption tab.

Authentication Type

The authentication type methods include:

PEAP:

PEAP (Protected Extensible

Authentication Protocol) authentication

is a version of Extensible Authentication

Protocol (EAP). EAP ensures mutual

authentication between a wireless client

and a server that resides at the network

operations center.

TLS/Smart Card:

TLS (Transport Layer

Security) authentication is performed to

create an encrypted tunnel and achieve server-side authentication in a manner

similar to Web server authentication using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol.

This method uses digital certicates to verify the identity of a client and server.

TTLS:

TTLS authentication uses certicates to authenticate the server, and

a simpler method to authenticate the client, all the while maintaining similar

security properties to TLS like mutual authentication and a shared secret for

session WEP key.

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