GN-A16B Wireless Access Point User Guide

Q:What is WEP?

A:Wired Equivalent Privacy. Security mechanism defined within the 802.11 standard designed to make the link integrity of the wireless medium equal to wired cable. Data privacy mechanism based on a 40 bits (128 bit optional ) shared key algorithm, as described in the IEEE 802.11 standard.

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Gigabyte GN-A16B manual What is WEP?