ZyXEL Communications NXC-8160, User Manual

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Chapter 4 WLAN Settings
NXC-8160 User’s Guide
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The screen shown in Figure 16 on page 50 contains the same parameters for
both WEP64 and WEP128 although only the WEP64 version is displayed.
From the Method menu, select either WEP64 or WEP128 to display the following
parameters.
Figure 16 Security: WEP64/WEP128
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Table 12 Security: WEP64/WEP128
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Method Select WEP64 or WEP128 from the drop-down list.
WEP Keys WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) provides data encryption to prevent unauthorized
wireless stations from accessing data transmitted over the wireless network.
Transmission
Key The WEP keys are used to encrypt data. Both the NXC-8160 and the wireless clients
must use the same WEP key for data transmission.
You can configure up to four keys, but only one key can be activated at any one time.
Select a WEP key to use for data encryption. The default key is key 1.
To set the WEP keys, select
ASCII or HEX as the Input Format and enter the key in
the field provided. Select ASCII option to enter ASCII characters as the WEP keys.
Select the HEX option to enter hexadecimal characters as the WEP keys.
If you chose WEP64 in the Method field, then enter 5 ASCII characters or 10
hexadecimal characters ("0-9", "A-F") for each key.
If you chose
WEP128 in the Method field, then enter 13 ASCII characters or 26
hexadecimal characters ("0-9", "A-F") for each key.
WPA2 Only This field is disabled for the static WEP64 and WEP128 options as it is not supported
in this mode. For more information its usage, see Section 4.2.2.4 on page 52 and
Section 4.2.2.5 on page 53 .
TKIP Only This field is disabled for the static WEP64 and WEP128 options. For more information
its usage, see Section 4.2.2.4 on page 52 and Section 4.2.2.5 on page 53 .
RADIUS
Server This field is disabled for the static WEP64 and WEP128 options. For more information
on setting up this feature, see Section 4.4 on page 56 .