ZyAIR G-200 User’s Guide
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Using the ZyAIR Utility
2.5.1 Data Encryption with WEP
WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) encryption scrambles all communication transmitted between the ZyAIR
and the AP or other wireless stations to keep network communications private. Both the wireless clients
and the access points must use the same WEP key for data encryption and decryption.
There are two ways to create WEP keys in your ZyAIR.
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Automatic WEP key generation based on a “password phrase” called a passphrase. The passphrase
is case sensitive. You must use the same passphrase for all WLAN adapters with this feature in the
same WLAN.
For WLAN adapters without the passphrase feature, you can still take advantage of this feature by
writing down the four automatically generated WEP keys from the
Encryption
screen of the
ZyAIR Utility and entering them manually as the WEP keys in the other WLAN adapter(s).
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Enter the WEP keys manually.
Your ZyAIR allows you to configure up to four 64-bit or 128-bit WEP keys but only one key can be
enabled at any one time.
2.6 The Encryption Screen
Click the
Encryption
tab to display the screen as shown below.