D-Link DWL-1800 user manual Security Tab

3.2.1.3.7 Security Tab

Figure 19: Security Tab

This tab displays information regarding the unit’s security configuration. Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) is an authentication algorithm that protects authorized Wireless LAN users against eavesdropping and is implemented in D-Link AirPremier DWL-1800 units. WEP is defined in the IEEE 802.11b standard. This encryption is applicable for both authentication and data and the key length is 40 bits.

D-Link AirPremier DWL-1800 units can use one of the following authentication algorithms (as defined in the IEEE 802.11b standard).

??Open System – Any station in the WLAN can associate with any other unit and receive and transmit data freely(null authentication).

??Shared Key – Only stations using a shared key encryption are allowed to associate.

The default authentication algorithm is Open System.

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