Air Live WLA-500AP, User Manual

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WEP
You can use WEP encryption to protect your data when you are transmitting data in the wireless net-
work. There are 3 types of keys: 64 (
WEP64 ), 128 ( WEP128 ), and 152 ( WEP152 ) bits. You can con-
figure up to 4 keys using either ASCII or Hex adecimal format.
Key Settings: For WEP64 and WEP128, you can enter a “Passphrase” (a key of up to 32 alphanu-
merical characters), choose 64-bit, and press the Generate button to generate four WEP64 keys in the
entries below, or choose 128-bit, and press the Generate button to generate one WEP128 key in the
first entry.
Alternatively, and for WEP152, you can manually configure each of them.
When you manually configure a key, the length for a WEP64 key must be equal to 5, for a WEP128
key it must be equal to 13, and for a WEP152 key it must be equal to 16. Once you enable the WEP
function, please make sure that exactly the same WEP key is configured in both the Wireless Router
and client stations.
You can define a key using ASCII or hex characters. A WEP128 ASCII key looks like "An ASCII key!"
(13 characters), while a WEP64 hex key looks like "44-12-24-A8-B2" (5 bytes) and “11-22-33-44-55-
66-77-88-99-00-A3-BB-2C” as WEP128 hex key. Each set of hexadecimal numbers should be sepa-
rated by “-“(dash).
Key Index: You have to specify which of the four keys will be active.
Please note that some Wireless Client Cards allow hexadecimal characters only.
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