3Com WL-603 manual bit WEP Screen

62CHAPTER 5: CONFIGURING THE ROUTER

128-bit WEP

WEP is the basic mechanism to transmit your data securely over the wireless network. Matching encryption keys must be set up on your Router and wireless client devices to use WEP. Note that 3Com recommends using WPA/WPA2 to secure your wireless connection.

Figure 47 128-bit WEP Screen

To setup 128-bit WEP:

1You can enter the 128-bit WEP key manually:

■enter your WEP key as 13 pairs of hex digits (0-9, A-F).

Or you can generate the 128-bit WEP key automatically:

■enter a memorable passphrase in the Passphrase field, and then click Generate to generate the hex keys from the passphrase.

The WEP keys on each device on the wireless network must be identical.

In 128-bit WEP mode, only one WEP key can be specified.

2Click Apply.