BenQ AWL-500 user manual Advanced Setting, Security Setup

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Advanced Setting

Security Setup

To prevent unauthorized wireless stations from accessing data transmitted over the network, the 11Mbps Wireless LAN Access Point offers WEP (Wired Equivalency Privacy). You can set up 4 encryption keys to encrypt your data.

The 11Mbps Wireless Access Point allows you to create 4 data encryption keys to secure your data from being eavesdropped by unauthorized wireless user. To activate and set the WEP keys, please do the following:

From the WEP encryption item, list three options:

Disable – Allows wireless adapters to communicate with Wireless Access Points without any data encryption.

WEP64 – Requires wireless stations to use data encryption with 64 bit algorithm when communicating with the Wireless Access Point.

WEP128 - Allows wireless clients to communicate with the Wireless Access Point with data 128 Bit encryption algorithms.

When WEP64 is selected, enter 10 digit hexadecimal values in the range of “A-F”, “a-f” and “0-9”, (e.g. 1234567890).

When WEP128 is selected, enter 26 digit hexadecimal values in the range of “A-F”,“a-f” and “0-9” (e.g. 11223344556677889900aabbdd).

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Contents Version June Wireless LAN Access Point AWL-500Trademarks Copyright StatementFCC Warning Table of Contents Introduction System Requirements Product KitMechanical Description Top panel of the Access Point10/100Mbps Ethernet Ports Back panel of the Access PointPower Socket Connect the Ethernet Cable Hardware InstallationPlug the Power Cable Using the Access Point Search Tool Configuring the Access PointDescription Change IP Address Using the Web Management Quick Installation Wizard Statistics InformationAssociated Table Security Setup Advanced SettingAccess Control 802.1x Security setup EAP Authenticate Parameter Radius Accounting Parameters User AccountBenq Corporation Reboot System Save SettingWeb Language Firmware UpgradeLoad Default Setting