Chapter 7 Wireless Security Screen
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7.4.1 Security: WEP
Use this screen to use WEP as the security mode for your NWA. Select WEP in the Security Mode
field to display the following screen.
Figure 31 Security: WEP
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Table 13 Security: WEP
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Profile Name This is the name that identifying this profile.
Security Mode Choose WEP in this field.
Authentication Type Select Open or Shared from the drop-down list box.
Data Encryption Select 64-bit WEP, 128-bit WEP or 152-bit WEP to enable data encryption.
Passphrase Enter the passphrase or string of text used for automatic WEP key generation on
wireless client adapters.
Generate Click this to get the keys from the Passphrase you entered.
Key 1 to
Key 4
The WEP keys are used to encrypt data. Both the NWA and the wireless clients or the
wireless device to which the NWA is connecting must use the same WEP key for data
transmission.
If you chose 64-bit WEP, then enter any 5 ASCII characters or 10 hexadecimal
characters ("0-9", "A-F").
If you chose 128-bit WEP, then enter 13 ASCII characters or 26 hexadecimal
characters ("0-9", "A-F").
If you chose 152-bit WEP, then enter 16 ASCII characters or 32 hexadecimal
characters ("0-9", "A-F").
You must configure all four keys, but only one key can be activated at any one time.
Apply Click Apply to save your changes.
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