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Field Descriptions for the WEP Page
Field Description
Encryption Mode
Select the use of Shared Key authentication in WEP protocol.
If select Open System , Shared Key authentication is optional.
If select Shared Key, the Shared Key authentication is
required for WEP.
Authentication Type The CPE uses either the 64-bit or 128-bit key to encrypt the
challenge text and sends the encrypted text to the access
point. The access point will decrypt the encrypted text and
then compare the decrypted message with the original
challenge text. If they are the same, the access point will let
the CPE connect; if it doesn’t match, then the access point
does not let the CPE connect.
Key 1 – 4 Sets the static WEP keys when WEP encryption is enabled.
•
Enter 5 ASCII characters for a 64-bit key.
•
Enter 13 ASCII characters for a 128-bit key.
Default Transmission Key Selects the transmission key when WEP encryption is
enabled.
802.1x encryption:
This is another type of authentication and is used on top of WEP. 802.1x Authentication
is a much stronger type of authentication than WEP. About field description you can refer
to tables above.