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Prestige 650 Series User’s Guide
Wireless LAN Setup 17-3
Table 17-1 Wireless LAN Setup Field Description
FIELD DESCRIPTION EXAMPLE
WEP WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) provides data encryption to prevent wireless
stations from accessing data transmitted over the wireless network.
Select
Disable allows wireless stations to communicate with the access points
without any data encryption.
Select
64-bit WEP or 128-bit WEP to for the type of data encryption. WEP
causes performance degradation.
Disable
Default Key Enter the number of the key as an active key.
Key 1 to
Key 4
If you chose 64-bit WEP in the WEP Encryption field, then enter 5 characters
or 10 hexadecimal digits ("0-9", "A-F") preceded by 0x for each key (1-4).
If you chose
128-bit WEP in the WEP Encryption field, then enter 13
characters or 26 hexadecimal digits ("0-9", "A-F") preceded by 0x for each key
(1-4).
There are four data encryption keys to secure your data from eavesdropping
by unauthorized wireless users. The values for the keys must be set up exactly
the same on the access points as they are on the wireless station computers.
Edit MAC
Address
Filter
To edit MAC address filtering table, press [SPACE BAR] to select Yes and
press [ENTER] to open menu 3.5.1.
No
When you have completed this menu, press [ENTER] at the prompt “Press ENTER to confirm or ESC to
cancel” to save your configuration or press [ESC] to cancel and go back to the previous screen.
17.3.1 Wireless LAN MAC Address Filter
The next layer of security is MAC address filter. To allow a wireless station to associate with the Prestige,
enter the MAC address of the wireless LAN card on that wireless station in the MAC address table.