3
CONNECTING TO A WIRELESS LAN (BASIC)
3-4
There are three ways to configure the “WEP RC4” encryption.
Directly entering the hexadecimal encryption keys. (
➥
+
p.3-5)
Directly entering the ASCII lettered encryption keys. (
➥
+
p.3-6)
Generating the encryption keys according to the entered “Key Generator” character strings.
➥
(
+
p.3-7)
• “Encryption” is not set as a default.
• If you cannot set “WEP RC4,” the WPS function may be set to the Virtual AP (ath0 to ath7) used. (
+
p.2-11)
• See page 2-11 for the “WPA-PSK (TKIP)/(AES)” setting examples.
3. Setting the
“
WEP RC4
”
encryption
About the WEP Key
Depending on the “Encryption” setting and the bit number in the parenthesis, the number of digits or char-
acters that can be entered differs.
The entry mode (hexadecimal digits/ASCII characters) is automatically selected according to the number
of entered digits or characters.
ASCII characters and hexadecimal digits
If “Encryption” cannot be set for the communicator’s entry mode, enter characters, according to the follow-
ing table.
For example, “4153434949” (10 hexadecimal digits) in the hexadecimal code will be “ASCII” (5 numbers and
letters) in the ASCII characters.
Authentication
Encryption
Entry mode
Open System
Shared Key
Hexadecimal
ASCII
✓
None (Default)
—
—
✓
✓
WEP RC4 64 (40)
10 digits
5 characters
✓
✓
WEP RC4 (128)
26 digits
13 characters
✓
✓
WEP RC4 152 (128)
32 digits
16 characters
ASCII
!
”
#
$
%
&
’
(
)
*
+
,
-
.
/
Hexadecimal
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
2a
2b
2c
2d
2e
2f
ASCII
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
:
;
<
=
>
?
Hexadecimal
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
3a
3b
3c
3d
3e
3f
ASCII
@
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
Hexadecimal
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
4a
4b
4c
4d
4e
4f
ASCII
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
[
\
]
^
_
Hexadecimal
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
5a
5b
5c
5d
5e
5f
ASCII
`
a
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
i
j
k
l
m
n
o
Hexadecimal
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
6a
6b
6c
6d
6e
6f
ASCII
p
q
r
s
t
u
v
w
x
y
z
{
|
}
~
Hexadecimal
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
7a
7b
7c
7d
7e
To prevent unauthorized access
You must carefully chose the WEP Key, and change it occasionally. Choose one that is not easy to
guess and use numbers, characters and letters (both lower and upper case).