3-153.4 Setting up wireless securityTo protect your wireless network, you need to setup a security mechanism on yourWiFi-AP Solo. Under AP mode, only Open, Shared, and WPA-PSK are supported.Under Station mode, all the security modes listed below are supported.Network authenticationNetwork authentication uses certain types of mechanism to identify authenticated wirelessclients. WiFi-AP Solo supports the following authentication methods:Open: This option disables authentication protection for your wireless network.Under the Open mode, any IEEE802.11b/g wireless client can connect toyour wireless network.Shared: Shared means using the same WEP keys for authentication and encryption.802.1X: 802.1X uses RADIUS (Remote Access Dial-Up User Service) server toauthenticate wireless clients with a user name and password. It canauthenticate user with different levels of access right.WPA: WPA stands for WiFi-Protected Access. WPA provides two securitymodes for Home/SOHO user and enterprise network. The former solutionadopts Pre-Shared Key for authentication, and the later uses the existing802.1X RADIUS server in the enterprise network to process theauthentication requests.WPA - PSK: WPA-PSK (Pre-Shared Key) is the solution for home and SOHOusers who have no 802.11X authentication server within theLAN. To setup WPA-PSK, you need to input a passphrase and letthe system generate the key. Combination of letters, numbers and nonalphnumeric charecters is recommended for ensuring security.