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EtherWave - WMR
6.0 Configuration
Encryption Type (continued)
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Key Generation
4 complex WEP keys may be generated by using 4
different simple key phrases in this field.
Procedure: Input a Key Phrase, select the Key (via
radio button beside Key number), then click the
Generate Key soft button. Do the same for the
remaining keys, using a different key phrase each
time.
Using the same Key Phrase(s) on all EtherWave-
WMR in the network will generate the same Keys
on all units. All units must operate with the same
Key selected.
Alternately, 10-character key phrases may be
entered manually into each Key field.
Default:
0000
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Key Phrase
These Keys are used to encrypt and decrypt the
data.
Leave selected (via radio button) the Key number
that the network is to use.
Default:
0000000000
WEP 128-bit:
128-bit encryption offers stronger encryption that 64-
bit, but adds more overhead on the data. The configuration for
WEP 128-bit is the same as for 64-bit; see the preceding text.
WPA:
Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA). It provides stronger security
than WEP does. The configuration is essentially the same as for
WEP (described above), without the option for automatic Key
generation.
WPA: Wi-Fi Protected
Access provides stronger
encryption than WEP. It uses
the Temporal Key Integrity
Protocol (TKIP) (and the
same RC4 algorithm as WEP
does) for encryption; its
strength lies in it uses of
s o p h i s t i c a t e d k e y
management.
WPA is based on a subset of
the 802.11i protocol.
