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ZyXEL AG-120 User’s Guide
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Chapter 3 Wireless LAN Network
3.2.1.3  WPA and WPA2 
Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) is a subset of the IEEE 802.11i standard. WPA2 (IEEE 
802.11i) is a wireless security standard that defines stronger encryption, authentication and 
key management than WPA. 
Key differences between WPA(2) and WEP are improved data encryption and user 
authentication.
Both WPA and WPA2 improve data encryption by using Temporal Key Integrity Protocol 
(TKIP), Message Integrity Check (MIC) and IEEE 802.1x. WPA and WPA2 use Advanced 
Encryption Standard (AES) in the Counter mode with Cipher block chaining Message 
authentication code Protocol (CCMP) to offer stronger encryption than TKIP.
If both an AP and the wireless clients support WPA2 and you have an external RADIUS 
server, use WPA2 for stronger data encryption. If you don't have an external RADIUS server, 
you should use WPA2-PSK (WPA2-Pre-Shared Key) that only requires a single (identical) 
password entered into each access point, wireless gateway and wireless client. As long as the 
passwords match, a wireless client will be granted access to a WLAN. 
If the AP or the wireless clients do not support WPA2, just use WPA or WPA-PSK depending 
on whether you have an external RADIUS server or not.
Select WEP only when the AP and/or wireless clients do not support WPA or WPA2. WEP is 
less secure than WPA or WPA2.
3.3  Introduction to OTIST    
In a wireless network, the wireless clients must have the same SSID and security settings as 
the access point (AP) or wireless router (we will refer to both as “AP” here) in order to 
associate with it. Traditionally this meant that you had to configure the settings on the AP and 
then manually configure the exact same settings on each wireless client.
OTIST (One-Touch Intelligent Security Technology) allows you to transfer your AP’s SSID 
and WEP or WPA-PSK security settings to wireless clients that support OTIST and are within 
transmission range. You can also choose to have OTIST generate a WPA-PSK key for you if 
you didn’t configure one manually.
3.3.1  Enabling OTIST
You must enable OTIST on both the AP and wireless client before you start transferring 
settings.
We use the P-334U in this guide as the example AP. Screens may vary slightly for your 
ZyXEL devices.
Note: The AP and wireless client(s) MUST use the same Setup key.