Using Static or Dynamic WEP
Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) is a data encryption protocol for 802.11 wireless networks. If you select this security mechanism, all wireless clients and access points on the network are configured with a
Static WEP is not the most secure mode available, but it offers more protection than setting the security mode to None as it does prevent an outsider from easily sniffing out unencrypted wireless traffic.
Dynamic WEP is more secure than Static WEP, but you need a RADIUS server to manage the dynamically generated keys.
WEP encrypts data moving across the wireless network based on a static key. (The encryption algorithm is a “stream” cipher called RC4.)
If you select WEP as the Security Mode, additional fields display, as Figure 43 shows.
Figure 43. Static WEP Configuration
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