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TKIP passphrase used to protect your network traffic in WPA. A mechanism inWi-Fi Protected Access (WPA)—Personal that allows the use of manually entered keys or passwords to initiate WPA security. ThePSK is entered on theaccess point or home wireless gateway and eachPC that is on the Wi-Fi network. After entering the password, Wi-Fi Protected Access automatically takes over. It keeps out eavesdroppers and other unauthorized users by requiring all devices to have the matching password. The password also initiates the encryption process which, in WPA is Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP) and in WPA2 is Advanced Encryption Standard (WPA2).
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