AP Visibility
When Invisibility is selected, the base station is protected against discovery by wireless
sniffers, and all wireless clients must explicitly use and know the SSID.
Feature Description
Visibility Status You can disable the SSID broadcast. This requires
network users to configure their wireless network card by
manually entering the network name.
WEP Configuration
WEP is the wireless encryption standard. To use it you must enter the same key(s) into the
access point and the wireless stations. For 64 bit keys you must enter 10 hex digits into
each key box. For 128 bit keys you must enter 26 hex digits into each key box. A hex digit
is either a number from 0 to 9 or a letter from A to F. If you leave a key box blank then
this means a key of all zeros
Feature Description
Enable WEP Select Enabled or Disabled. Disabled is the default setting.
Short for Wired Equivalent Privacy, a security protocol for
wireless local area networks (WLANs) defined in the
802.11b standard. WEP is designed to provide the same
level of security as that of a wired LAN. LANs are
inherently more secure than WLANs because LANs are
somewhat protected by the physicalities of their structure,
having some or all part of the network inside a building
that can be protected from unauthorized access. WLANs,
which are over radio waves, do not have the same
physical structure and therefore are more vulnerable to
tampering. WEP aims to provide security by encrypting
data over radio waves so that it is protected as it is
transmitted from one end point to another.
WEP key lengths Select the level of encryption desired: 64, or 128-bit.
In cryptography, a key is a variable value that is applied
using an algorithm to a string or block of unencrypted text
to produce encrypted text. The length of the key generally
determines how difficult it will be to decrypt the text in a
given message.
WEP key 1 - 4 Input up to 4 WEP keys; and select the one you wish to
use.
Default WEP key to use Select the default WEP key
Deny unencrypted data Only allow encrypted data over the network
Authentication Open or Shared. Open means any system may send
packets on the network, although the packets may be
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