3Com 3CRWE554G72 manual To enter the pre-shared key as hexadecimal digits

50CHAPTER 5: GATEWAY CONFIGURATION

Figure 33 Encryption Keys Screen showing WPA configuration

To enter the pre-shared key as hexadecimal digits:

1Select Enabled - Manual Pre-shared Key from the WPA Encryption Type drop-down box.

2Enter a pair of hexadecimal digits in each of the 32 Key fields. Each field can contain a hexadecimal number from 00 to ff, for example 1a.

3Click Apply to generate the key.

To enter the pre-shared key as a pass-phrase:

1Select Enabled - Pre-Shared Passphrase from the WPA Encryption Type drop-down box.

2Enter a phrase of between 8 and 63 characters in length in the Passphrase field. This passphrase will be used to generate a 256 bit key.

3Click Apply to generate the key.

Configuring WEP There are two levels of WEP encryption available, 64 bit (sometimes Encryption referred to as 40 bit) and 128 bit. Use the WEP Encryption Type box to

select the desired level.