Asus WL-169gE: Quick Start Guide Data encryption

Quick Start Guide

Data encryption

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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.

Disabled

- Disable the encryption function.

WEP

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

You will only be able to communicate with wireless devices that have 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 63 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 enter the WEP Key as a Hexadecimal digits (0~9, a~f, and A~F), or as

ASCII characters, based on the state of 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 click this radio button, 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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