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11M Wireless Pcmcia Card
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B-6. Use WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy)
To prevent unauthorized wireless stations from accessing data transmitted over the network, the
11Mbps Wireless LAN PC Card offers highly secure data encryption, known as WEP. If you
require high security in transmission, please select the
Enable
item and click the
Key List
button.
The Wireless LAN PC Card supports two types of Encryption Key length:
40-Bits
and
128-Bits
.
You may need to enter 4 different encryption keys and select one of them to encrypt your transmission
data. The key value of your choice may either be:
For 40-Bits encryption:
n
Five alphanumeric characters in the range of “a-z”, “A-Z” and “0-9” (e.g. MyKey), or:
n
10 digit hexadecimal values in the range of “A-F” and “0-9”, preceded by the characters “
0x
”
values (e.g. 0x11AA22BB33).
For 128-Bits encryption:
n
13 alphanumeric characters in the range of “a-z”, “A-Z” and “0-9” (e.g. WEPencryption).
n
26 digit hexadecimal values in the range of “A-F” and “0-9”, preceded by the characters “
0x
”
values (e.g. 0x11AA22BB33123456789ABCDEFF)
NOTE:
To allow encrypted data communications, you must set the same encryption key values on all
wireless stations and/or Access Points. For example, if you use Key 1 on your PC card,
and the value is (e.g. MyCar), the same value must be assigned to Key 1 for all other client
stations. The values you enter on the encryption tab, will only be visible the first time you
enter the keys. After closing this tab, all key values will be displayed as “
xxxxxxxxxxx
”
every time the tab is displayed again.
