Hawking Technology HWU54DM Manuel D’Utilisation

 

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Note: All devices in the network should use the same encryption 

method to ensure the communication. 

 

 

WPA Pre-Shared Key 

The WPA-PSK key  can be from eight to 64  characters and can be 

letters  or numbers. This same key must be used on all of the 

wireless stations in the network . 

 

 

WEP Key 

(Key1 ~ Key4) 

The WEP keys are used to encrypt data transmitted in the 

w ireless network. There are two types of key length: 64 -bit and 

128 -bit. Select the default encryption key from Key 1 to Key 4 by 

selected the radio button. 

 

Fill the text box by following the rules below. 

64-bit – Input 10-digit  Hex values (in the “A-F”, “a-f” and “0 -9 ” 

range) or 5-digit ASCII characters (including  “a-z” and “0 -9 ”) as 

the encryption keys . For example: “0123456aef“ or “test1”. 

 

128 -bit –  Input 26-digit Hex  values (in the “A-F”, “a-f” and “0-9” 

range) or 13-digit ASCII characters (including “a -z” and “0-9”) as 

the encryption keys . For example: 

“01234567890123456789abcdef“ or “administrator”. 

 

You can opt to use the XP’s built-in wireless  Zero Configuration U tility (ZCU)  to control your wireless 
adapter settings and to enable security with full WPA  and WEP authentication.  This option disables 
Hawking’s wireless utility settings. 
 
NOTE: These instructions assume you are running Windows XP with SP2.  SP1 users may see slight 
changes in appearance of menu options.    

 

Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) is a specification of standards-based, interoperable security 

enhancement that strongly increases  the level of data protection (encryption) and access control 

(authentication) for existing and future wireless LAN systems. The technical components of WPA 

include Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP) for dynamic key exchange, and 802.1 x for 

authentication. 

 

There are two types of WPA security: WPA-PSK (no server) and WPA (with server). WPA requires a 

Radius Server to complete authentication among wireless stations and Access Points. Typically, this 

mode is used in an  enterprise environment. WPA-PSK uses a so-called pre -shared key as the security 

key. A pre-shared key is a password that e very wireless station must use to access the network. 

Typically, this mode will be used in a home environment.