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Encryption: Selecting the Encryption tab allows you to create new WEP keys.
NOTE : An acronym for Wired Equivalent Privacy, WEP is an encryption scheme used to
protect your wireless data communications. WEP uses a combination of 64-bit or 128-bit keys
to provide access control to your network and encryption security for every data transmission.
To decode a data transmission, each wireless client on the network must use an identical 64-
bit or 128-bit key. This feature is only available in Infrastructure Mode and must also be
enabled on the Access Point. Select the WEP tab to enable or disable this feature.
The 64-bit or 128-bit WEP keys can be generated from a user-defined passphrase (any text
string with a maximum of 32 characters) or a manual entry. To generate encryption keys for
each client communicating in the wireless network, complete the following steps:
1. Select “Create with Passphrase” and type the exact same case sensitive text in the
Passphrase entry field for each client. Click “Apply” to change.
2. Or, select “Manual Entry” and the “Default Tx Key” of four keys. Click “Apply” to change.
3. Or, select “Manual Entry” and key in the ten hex values in the selected default key. Click
“Apply” to change.
4. The 128-bit WEP only has a Tx key.
