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ATEWAY
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ONFIGURATION
Encryption
Figure 31
Encryption Screen
Wired Equivalent Privacy or WEP allows you to encrypt the traffic between your
Wireless PC and the Gateway. It is important to remember that with WEP disabled
anyone with a Wireless PC can eavesdrop on your network. 3Com recommends
that you get the network working with WEP disabled first and then enable it as
the last step. This will simplify setting up your network.
If you enable WEP on the Gateway, you must reconfigure your wireless PCs to use
exactly the same Encryption Type and Keys otherwise the devices will not
understand each other.
WEP is for securing data transmitted through wireless communications between
the Gateway and it's wireless clients. Enabling WEP has no security effect on data
transmitted through wired (Ethernet) connections or through your connections to
the Internet.
Wireless Encryption Type
There are two levels of encryption available, 64 bit (sometimes referred to as 40
bit) and 128 bit. 128 bit will result in a higher level of security, but may cause a
slight decrease in performance. Use the "Wireless Encryption Type" box to select
the desired level.
Encryption Keys
Figure 32
Encryption Keys Screen
A Key is a hexadecimal (0-9, A-F) number used to encrypt and decrypt the data.
There can be up to 4 keys and each key can be as long as 26 digits. The Gateway
also offers a number of methods for converting plain text into hex keys. The text is
much easier to remember than hex keys but it relies on your wireless adapters also
Summary of Contents for 3CRWE51196 - OfficeConnect Wireless Cable/DSL...
Page 14: ...14 CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCING THE OFFICECONNECT WIRELESS CABLE DSL GATEWAY...
Page 18: ...18 CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION...
Page 22: ...22 CHAPTER 3 SETTING UP YOUR COMPUTERS...
Page 54: ...54 CHAPTER 5 GATEWAY CONFIGURATION...
Page 60: ...60 CHAPTER 6 TROUBLESHOOTING...
Page 66: ...66 APPENDIX B IP ADDRESSING...
Page 72: ...72 APPENDIX D SAFETY INFORMATION...
Page 74: ...74 APPENDIX E END USER SOFTWARE LICENCE AGREEMENT...
Page 76: ...76 APPENDIX F ISP INFORMATION...
Page 82: ...82 GLOSSARY...
Page 84: ...84 INDEX...
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