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Security Parameters
Field Description
Security Mode Select WEP encryption.
WEP
Authentication To prevent unauthorized wireless stations from accessin
g
data
transmitted over the network, the router offers secure data
encryption, known as WEP. If you require hi
g
h security for
transmissions, there are two options to select from: Open
System or Shared key.
WEP Encryption To prevent unauthorized wireless stations from accessin
g
data
transmitted over the network, the router offers hi
g
hly secure
data encryption, known as WEP. If you require high security for
transmissions, there are two alternatives to select from: WEP
64 and WEP 128. WEP 128 will offer increased security over
WEP 64. The encryption can either be HEX or ASCII.
Passphrase (attivo
solo in caso di
selezione della
modalità HEX)
This is used to
g
enerate WEP keys automatically based upon
the input string and a pre-defined al
g
orithm in WEP64 or
WEP128. You can input the same strin
g
in both the AP and
Client card settin
g
s to
g
enerate the same WEP keys. Please
note that you do not have to enter Key (1-4) as below when
the Passphrase is enabled. Passphrase will convert an inputted
strin
g
into the HEX format which will automatically fill the input
space for Key 1 to Key 4.
Default Used WEP
Key Select the encryption key ID. There are 4 keys to choose from
so that you will not have to re-create a key every time you
decide to have it as somethin
g
different. You can
j
ust have 4
sets of keys to rotate instead of jus having 1 key. Please refer
to Key (1~4) below.
Key 1
–
4 Enter the key to encrypt wireless data this can be in ASCII or
HEX dependin
g
on the WEP Encryption that you have selected
above. To allow encrypted data transmission, the WEP
Encryption Key values on all wireless stations must be the same
as the router. There are four keys for your selection. The input
format is in HEX (10 and 26 HEX codes) or ASCII style (5 and
13 ASCII codes) are required for WEP64 and WEP128
respectively no any separator is included.