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Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA)
Pre-Shared Key
WPA Type
SelectthetypeofWPAfromthefollowing:
• WPA2 Advanced Encryption Standard (AES):
RECOMMENDED—Governmentstandardpacketencryption
whichisstrongerthanTKIP.
• WPA Temporal Key Integrity Protocol(TKIP):Generatesa
128-bitkeyforeachpacket.
• WPA2 Mixed: Mixedmodeallowsclientdevicestorst
associatetotherouterusingWPA2,andiftheyfailto
connect,thentheyareconnectedviaWPA(TKIP).
Encryption Type
Enablingencryptionisstronglyencouragedbecauseunauthorizedpartieswithinrangeofyourrouter’swirelesssignalmayattempt
toaccessyourwirelessnetworkandthengainaccesstoprivateinformationondevicesonyournetwork.It’shighlyrecommended
thatyouencryptyourrouterwithWPA2(AES)foroptimalsecurityandthroughputperformance.Alwaysselectastrongpassphrase
greaterthan8characterslongandcomprisedofletters,numbers,andsymbols.Pleasemakenoteofthepassphraseandkeepitina
securelocationsomewhereinyourhomeincaseyouneedtoretrieveit.
Pre-Shared Key Type
Selectthetypeofpre-sharedkeyasPassphrase(ASCII)or
Hexadecimal.
Pre-Shared Key
EnterthePre-sSharedKeyvalue.
IMPORTANT! WPA2(AES)offersmuchstrongersecuritythanWEP(Wired
EquivalentPrivacy)whichhasbeenandcanbecomprimised.