Quick Installation Guide of WL-2111
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Encryption
By choosing this option, you can set four different WEP keys and specify which one of them to use. First,
either enable or disable encryption from the appropriate “
Encryption
” field. If you decide to use
encryption, you can choose any of the available WEP keys (1 to 4). You also have the option to select the
WEP mode (Mandatory/Optional). If you select “
Mandatory
”, then not only WEP will be used, but also
any other station needs to use WEP encryption in order to establish a communication with your station.
This requirement is in line with the IEEE 802.11b standard. If, on the other hand, you choose “
Optional
”,
then your station can communicate with every other station regardless if they use WEP or not. Please keep
in mind that the WEP keys must be in HEX format. Finally, you have the option to select whether
Open
System
or
Shared Key
authentication will be used. You have to click “
Submit
” to enable all the setting
you have chosen.
Note: If you want to set up encryption function, you need to change the following 6 parts in “
Utility
”
frame:
1. “
Encryption
”: Change “
Disabled
” to “
64 bit
”(64 bits & 128 bits differs in password sets. 128 have
10 set &, 64 have 5 sets.)
2. Key in password in the Key# field, which should be the same as the password in the AP. If you
didn’t set password for your AP, you do not need to use encryption function.
3. Choose one key from “
WEP Key to use
”
4. Change “WEP Mode” from “
Optional
” to “
Mandatory
”
5. “Authentication Type” need to change from “
Open
System
” to “
Shared
Key
”
6. Press “
Submit
”
(Figure 17)