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WPA/WPA2-Personal

WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access) and WPA2 are significantly improved encryption methods over

WEP. WPA is a security standard based on 802.11i draft 3, while WPA2 is based on the fully

ratified version of 802.11i. The initial vector is transmitted, encrypted, and enhanced with its 48

bits, twice as long as WEP. The key changes regularly so that true session is secured.

Even though AES encryption is only included in the WPA2 standard, it is widely available in the

WPA security mode of some wireless APs and clients as well. The AWK-6222 also supports AES

algorithms in WPA and WPA2 for better compatibility.

Personal versions of WPA/WPA2, also know as WPA/WPA-PSK (Pre-Shared Key), provides a

simple way of encrypting a wireless connection for high confidentiality. A Passphrase is used as a

basis for encryption methods (or cipher types) in a WLAN connection. The passphrases should be

complex and as long as possible. The number of ASCII characters of the Passphrase must be at

least 8 and can go up to 63. For security reasons, disclose this passphrase to the relevant users only

and change it regularly.

WPA Type

Setting Description Factory Default

Personal

Provides Pre-Shared Key-enabled

WPA and WPA2

Enterprise

Provides enterprise-level security

for WPA and WPA2

Personal

Encryption method

Setting Description Factory Default

TKIP

Temporal Key Integrity Protocol is

enabled

AES

Advance Encryption System is

enabled

Mixed*

Provides TKIP broadcast key and

TKIP+AES unicast key for some

legacy AP clients. This option is

rarely used. *This option is available

in Redundant AP, AP, or Master mode

only, and cannot support AES-enabled

clients.

TKIP