All wireless clients in a network must have identical WEP keys to communicate with each other or with an access point.

Two ways to assign WEP keys

Manual Assignment. For a 64-bit encryption, enter 10 hexadecimal digits (0~9, a~f, A~F) or 5 ASCII characters in each of the four WEP keys. For 128-bit encryption enter 26 hexadecimal digits (0~9, a~f, A~F) or 13 ASCII characters in each of the four WEP keys.

Automatic Generation. Type a combination of up to 64 letters, numbers, or symbols in the Passphrase field. The Wireless Settings utility uses an algorithm to generate four WEP keys based on the typed combination.

• 64-bit and 40-bit WEP keys use the same encryption method and can interoperate on wireless networks. This lower level of WEP encryption uses a 40-bit (10 hexadecimal digits assigned by the user) secret key and a 24-bit Initialization Vector assigned by the wireless LAN adapter. 104-bit and 128-bit WEP keys use the same encryption method.

•After assigning the WEP keys, click APPLY to save and activate the encryption. Manually assigned encryptions are more secure than automatically generated encryptions.

•Use Manual Assignment instead of Automatic Generation if you are not sure whether other wireless clients use the same algorithm as that of wireless LAN adapter.

•Keep a record of the WEP encryption keys.

Config - Advanced

The Advanced tab displays the wireless LAN adapter advanced settings. We recommended that you keep the default settings.

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