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provides the secure wireless data communications to the users. WEP uses a 64bit-key
or 128bit-key to control the network access. In order to do secure communication over
the wireless LAN network, enable WEP function. Use this setting to choose whether
clients must use data encryption when communicating with this Access Point.
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WEP Exclude:
WEP Exclude option makes the Access Point service a client that does
not use WEP function.
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WEP Generation:
There are two ways to generate the WEP key. One is by entering
any text in the Passphrase. The other way is by entering Key value directly from the
keyboard. In this case, you can insert any character string.
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Passphrase
: This field allows you to enter any character string to generate Key value.
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Key 1, 2, 3 and 4
: These fields allow you to enter the WEP keys. Type ten
hexadecimal digits (any combination of 0 -9, a-f, or A-F) for 64-bit WEP keys. To
protect WEP key security, existing WEP keys do not appear in the entry fields. You
can write over existing keys, but you cannot edit or delete them.
Caution
The WEP keys for your network must be set up exactly the same on your Access Points
and your PC cards. The same value must be assigned to Key 1 on both the Access
Point and the PC cards, the same value must be assigned to Key 2 on both the Access
Point and the PC cards, and so on, for all four WEP keys. For example, if you set WEP
Key 3 on your Access Point to 0987654321 and select it as the active key, you must also
set WEP Key 3 on the PC cards to the same value and select Key 3 as the active key.
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WEP Default Key
: You can choose one of four WEP Keys that have been generated
above step.
