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4 WEP Glossary
The following WEP parameters are be defined:
Wireless Band
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Select the environment you are configuring.
Authentication
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Select different authentication levels to
manage the data transmission.
Open System
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Using an open system with WEP enabled
means the access point and wireless stations encrypt only the data
in each packet. WEP is not used for the purpose of authentication,
that is, encryption does not prevent any station from associating with
the access point.
Share Key
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With this setting only stations using a shared key
encryption identified by the access point are allowed to associate
with it. Shared key WEP prohibits non-WEP WLAN stations from
associating with the access point. Shared key WEP uses encryption
for both data and authentication.
802.1X
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Authenticator
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controls the physical access to the
network based on the authentication status of the client. The
authenticator acts as an intermediary (proxy) between the client and
the authentication server, requesting identity information from the
client, verifying that information with the authentication server, and
relaying a response to the client.
WPA
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A new security feature, Wi-Fi Protected Access
authorizes and identifies users based on a secret key that changes
automatically at a regular interval. WPA uses TKIP (Temporal Key
