ZyXEL Communications NXC8160 User Manual

 Chapter 5 Wireless LAN

NXC-8160 User’s Guide

Figure 22   SSID & Security: WPA-PSK

The following table describes the labels in this screen. 

Select WPA from the Security Mode list.

Table 18   SSID & Security: WPA-PSK

Security Mode

Select WPA-PSK from the drop-down list.

WPA

WPA-PSK

The encryption mechanisms used for WPA and WPA-PSK are the same. The only 

difference between the two is that WPA-PSK uses a simple common password, 

instead of user-specific credentials.
Select ASCII or HEX as the key input method and enter the key in the field 

provided. Type a pre-shared key from 8 to 63 case-sensitive ASCII characters 

(including spaces and symbols) or of 64 hexadecimal characters ("0-9", "A-F"). 

WPA/RADIUS

Rekey Interval

This is the rate at which the AP sends a new group key out to all clients. The re-

keying process is the WPA equivalent of automatically changing the WEP key for 

an AP and all stations in a WLAN on a periodic basis. Enter a time interval between 

0 and 3600 seconds.