Chapter 9 Wireless LAN
WRE6505 v2 User’s Guide
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Figure 32
Network > Wireless LAN 2.4G/5G > General: Static WEP
The following table describes the wireless LAN security labels in this screen.
Table 17
Network > Wireless LAN 2.4G/5G > General: Static WEP
LABEL
DESCRIPTION
Security Mode
Select
Static WEP
to enable data encryption.
PassPhrase
Enter a Passphrase (up to 26 printable characters) and click
Generate
.
A passphrase functions like a password. In WEP security mode, it is further converted by
the WRE6505 v2 into a complicated string that is referred to as the “key”. This key is
requested from all devices wishing to connect to a wireless network.
WEP Encryption
Select
64-bits
or
128-bits
.
This dictates the length of the security key that the network is going to use.
Authentication
Method
Select
Auto
or
Shared Key
from the drop-down list box.
This field specifies whether the wireless clients have to provide the WEP key to login to
the wireless client. Keep this setting at
Auto
unless you want to force a key verification
before communication between the wireless client and the WRE6505 v2 occurs.
Select
Shared Key
to force the clients to provide the WEP key prior to communication.
ASCII
Select this option in order to enter ASCII characters as WEP key.
