YOUR CONNECTIONS TO THE WEB AND WIRELESS DEVICES
CONNECTING TO A WI-FI NETWORK
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3 Enter the following settings and press
Next (right softkey):
Authentication: Sets the method used
to identify devices that connect to the
network:
• Open: Indicates that the network
uses open authentication.
• Shared: Indicates that the network
uses shared authentication.
• WPA: Indicates that the network is a
WPA network that uses 802.1x
protocols.
• WPA-PSK: Indicates that the network
is a WPA network that requires a
password that is shared between the
network and your smartphone. This
password is also known as a
preshared key (PSK).
• WPA2: Indicates that the network
provides government-grade security
with an AES encryption algorithm.
• WPA2-PSK: Indicates that the
network is a WPA2 network that
requires a preshared key (password).
Data Encryption: Sets the encryption
method. (The options in this list vary
based on your Authentication setting.)
• Disabled: Turns data encryption off.
• WEP: Turns on the Wired Equivalent
Privacy encryption method.
• TKIP: Turns on the Temporal Key
Integrity Protocol encryption method.
This method is often used to encrypt
WPA and WPA-PSK connections.
• AES: Turns on the Advanced
Encryption Standard protocol. (This
method is often used to encrypt
WPA and WPA-PSK connections.)
The key is automatically provided:
Indicates whether you need to specify
the network key and key index provided
by your system administrator, or
whether the network provides this
