PLANET WDL-U600AC User Manual

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  802.11ac  Dual  Band  Wireless  USB  Adapte

 

6.1.2

Soft Access Point Security

To set up security options for Soft Access Point, configure “AP Setup” as follows:


The setup items about wireless security are listed below:

Object

Description

Select the strongest security method supported by your network.
Options include Open, Shared, WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK, or
WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK.

Authentication

Select the strongest encryption supported by your network and the
selected authentication method. Options for each authentication
method are as shown in the following table.

Encryption


The authentication types are listed below:

Authentication
Method

Encryption Method

Description

Open

No Encryption

Select Open will not have any encryption.

WPA-PSK

AES

WPA-PSK security is safer than WEP.

WPA2-PSK

AES

WPA2-PSK is a faster, more recent
authentication standard than WPA-PSK.
AES is a stronger, more recent encryption
standard than TKIP.

WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK

AES

Select the strongest security method
supported by your network. Options include
Open, Shared, WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK, or
WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK.


a. The WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK or WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK Security Screen

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