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The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Table 5 The Add Profile: Authentication & Security Screen
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Authenticatio
n Type
Select the security standard you want to use.
All the other wireless devices on your network
must be able to use the same standard you
select.
• Open mode is used when security is not an
issue. No authentication is required, and any
wireless device can join the network.
• Shared mode security is used with WEP (Wired
Equivalent Privacy).
• WPA-PSK security uses a pre-shared key. All the
wireless devices on the network use the same
key to access the network. This option is not
available in ad-hoc mode.
• WPA2-PSK is an improved version of WPA-PSK
security. This option is not available in ad-hoc
mode.
Encryption
Type
• When you select Open or Shared in the
Authentication Type field, either select None to
use no security, or select WEP to use Wired
Equivalent Privacy security.
• When you select WPA-PSK or WPA2-PSK in the
Authentication Type field, select TKIP to use
the Temporal Key Integrity Protocol. Alternatively,
select AES to use the Advanced Encryption
Standard.