ZyXEL Communications Corporation VMG1312B10A Manuel D’Utilisation

 Chapter 7 Wireless

VMG1312-B10A User’s Guide

The WPA-PSK security mode provides both improved data encryption and user authentication over 
WEP. Using a Pre-Shared Key (PSK), both the Device and the connecting client share a common 
password in order to validate the connection. This type of encryption, while robust, is not as strong 
as WPA, WPA2 or even WPA2-PSK. The WPA2-PSK security mode is a newer, more robust version of 
the WPA encryption standard. It offers slightly better security, although the use of PSK makes it 
less robust than it could be. 

Click Network Setting > Wireless to display the General screen. Select More Secure as the 
security level. Then select WPA-PSK or WPA2-PSK from the Security Mode list.

Wireless > General: More Secure: WPA(2)-PSK

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Wireless > General: More Secure: WPA(2)-PSK

Security Level

Select More Secure to enable WPA(2)-PSK data encryption.

Security Mode

Select WPA-PSK or WPA2-PSK from the drop-down list box.

Generate 
password 
automatically 

Select this option to have the Device automatically generate a password. The password field 
will not be configurable when you select this option.

Password 

The encryption mechanisms used for WPA(2) and WPA(2)-PSK are the same. The only 
difference between the two is that WPA(2)-PSK uses a simple common password, instead of 
user-specific credentials.

If you did not select Generate password automatically, you can manually type a pre-
shared key from 8 to 64 case-sensitive keyboard characters.

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WPA-PSK 
Compatible

This field appears when you choose WPA-PSK2 as the Security Mode.

Check this field to allow wireless devices using WPA-PSK security mode to connect to your 
Device. The Device supports WPA-PSK and WPA2-PSK simultaneously.