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Security and authentication
10.2 WLAN
SCALANCE W760/W720 to IEEE 802.11n Command Line Interface
414 Configuration Manual, 10/2015, C79000-G8976-C351-05
10.2.4.9
wlan security encryption (client)
Description
With this command, you enable encryption with a fixed (unchanging) WEP key. You can only
enable or disable encryption if you have selected "Open System" for authentication. All other
security methods include both authentication and encryption. If you use "Open system" with
"Encryption" or "Shared Key", you always need to specify the WEP key used for the
encryption.
Note
This command is only available in the
client mode.
Requirement
● The type of authentication is "open system".
You are in the Interface Configuration mode of the WLAN interface.
The command prompt is as follows:
cli (config-wlan-context-x)#
Syntax
Call the command without parameter assignment:
wlan security encryption
Result
The encryption is enabled.
Further notes
You display the settings with the show wlan security command.
You disable the encryption with the
no wlan security encryption command (default setting).
You define a WEP key with the
wlan security edit key command.
You configure which WEP key is used with the
wlan security default-key (Client)
command.
See also
no wlan security encryption (client) (Page 415)