ZyXEL Communications Corporation VSG1435B101 Manuel D’Utilisation

Chapter 7 Wireless

VSG1435-B101 Series 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 ZyXEL 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 Settings > 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.

Figure 27   Wireless > General: More Secure: WPA(2)-PSK

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 12   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 ZyXEL 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.

Type a pre-shared key from 8 to 64 case-sensitive keyboard characters.

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