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Security
Security
Select the desired option, and then enter the settings for the selected
method:
·
Disabled
- No security is used. Data is not encrypted before
transmission.
·
WEP
The 802.11b standard. Data is encrypted before transmission. You
have 2 options:
·
WEP 64 Bit - this uses 64-bit encryption. You must enter the WEP
key (10 Hex characters).
·
WEP 128 Bit - this uses 128-bit encryption. You must enter the
WEP key (26 Hex characters).
·
WPA-PSK
Like WEP, data is encrypted before transmission. WPA-PSK is a
later standard than WEP, and provides better security. If all your
Wireless stations support WPA-PSK, you should use this rather
than WEP.
Note:
WPA-PSK is only available in Infrastructure mode.
WEP
WEP Key
·
Enter the key value you wish to use. Other stations must have the
same key value.
·
In
Infrastructure
mode, this key must match the
Default Key
value on the Access Point.
·
Keys must be entered in Hex. Hex characters are the digits ( 0 ~
9 ) and the letters A ~ F.
Passphrase
Use this to generate a Hex key from an ASCII string. Enter a word or
group of printable (ASCII) characters in the
Passphrase
box and click
the
Generate
button to generate the WEP Key.
WEP Key Index
This is only useful in
Infrastructure
mode. It is possible for an Access
Point to have more than one (1) key, but only one can be the
default
key
. This index must be set to match the
default key
index on the
Access Point. Normally, this is one (1).
WEP
Authentication
This must match the authentication method used on the Access Point.
