Asus WL-330G manual Securing your wireless communication using WEP encryption

Securing your wireless communication using WEP encryption

To secure your wireless communication using the WEP encryption:

1.Assign the WEP encryption keys by manual or automatic generation.

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 Web Configuration utility uses an algorithm to generate four WEP keys based on the typed combination.

2.Specify the default WEP encryption key in the Default Key field.

3.Click the Apply button when finished.

• 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 device. 104-bit and 128-bit WEP keys use the same encryption method.

•Keep a record of the WEP encryption keys

•All wireless clients in a network must have identical WEP keys with the access point to establish connection.

Securing your wireless communication using TKIP (WPA) encryption

The WL-330g implements the Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA)-PSK authentication method to secure communication to and from wireless devices. This method uses the Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP) encryption.

To secure your wireless communication using the TKIP:

1.Select WPA-PSKas the Authentication Method.

2.Type 8 ~ 63 alpha-numeric characters in the Passphrase field.

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