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From the WEP encryption item, pull down the menu and it will list three options:
Disable
– Allows wireless adapters communicate with Access Points without any data
encryption.
64 Bit
– Requires wireless stations to use data encryption with 64 Bit algorithm when
communicating with the Access Point.
128 Bit
– Allows wireless clients to communicate with the Access Point with 128 Bit
encryption algorithm.
The
Encryption
tab enables you to identify up to 4 different encryption keys and select one
of them to encrypt your transmission data. The key value of your choice may either be:
For 64-bit encryption:
Five alphanumeric characters in the range of “a-z”, “A-Z” and “0-9” (e.g. MyKey)
10 digit hexadecimal values in the range of “A-F” and “0-9” (e.g. 11AA22BB33).
For 128-bit encryption:
13 alphanumeric characters in the range of “a-z”, “A-Z” and “0-9” (e.g. WEPencryption).
26 digit hexadecimal values in the range of “A-F” and “0-9” (e.g.
11AA22BB33123456789ABCDEFF).
Alternatively a
Passphase
can be entered which is used as a “seed” to randomly
generate the four keys. This saves considerable time since the same keys must be entered
into each node on the wireless network.
Key 1 – Key 4
These four fields can be used to manually enter the keys. This may be necessary if you
wish this node to match keys in a different vendor’s product. These fields also display the
