D-Link DWL-3600AP - None (Plain-Text); Static WEP; Table 23: Static WEP

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None(Plain‐text)
IfyouselectNoneasyoursecuritymode,nofurtheroptionsareconfigurableontheAP.Thismodemeansthat
anydatatransferredtoandfromtheUAPisnotencrypted.Thissecuritymodecanbeusefulduringinitial
networkconfigurationorforproblem solving,butitisnotrecommendedforregular
useontheInternal
networkbecauseitisnotsecur e.
StaticWEP
WiredEquivalentPrivacy(WEP)isadataencryptionpr otocolfor802.11wirelessnetworks.Allwirelessstations
andAPsonthenetworkareconfiguredwithastatic64‐bit(40‐bitsecretkey+24‐bitinitializationvector(IV))
or128‐bit (104‐bitsecretkey+24‐bitIV)Shared
Keyfordataencryption.
StaticWEPisnotthemostsecuremodeavailable,butitoffersmoreprotectionthansettingthesecuritymode
toNone(Plain‐text)asitdoespreventanoutsiderfromeasilysniffingoutunencryptedwirelesstraffic.
WEPencryptsdatamovingacrossthewirelessnetworkbasedona
statickey .(Theencryptionalgorithmisa
streamciphercalledRC4.)
Note:AfteryouconfiguretheVAPsettings,youmustclickApplytoapplythechangesandtosavethe
settings.ChangingsomesettingsmightcausetheAPtostopandrestartsystemprocesses.Ifthis
happens,wirelessclientswilltemporarilyloseconnectivity.WerecommendthatyouchangeAP
settingswhenWLAN
trafficislow.
Table23:StaticWEP
Field Description
TransferKeyIndex Selectakeyindexfromthedrop‐downmenu.Keyindexes1through4areavailable.The
defaultis1.
TheTransferKeyIndexindicateswhichWEPkeytheAPwillusetoencryptthedatait
transmits.
KeyLength Specifythelengthofthekeybyclickingone
oftheradiobuttons:
•64bits
• 128bits
KeyType Selectthekeytypebyclickingoneoftheradiobuttons:
•ASCII
•Hex