Intellinet Network Solutions INT-524315-UM-0808-1 user manual WEP - Wired Equivalent Privacy

2-7-3-2 WEP - Wired Equivalent Privacy

WEP encryption is an outdated method to secure your network. It does not meet the security standards of modern data encryption. It is not recommended to use WEP, unless you use WLAN adapters or WLAN networking devices which do not support WPA/WPA2 encryption.

If your WLAN card supports WPA/WPA2, you can skip this chapter and go straight to chapter 2-7-3-3Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA).

When you select this mode, the wireless router will use WEP encryption, and the following setup menu will be shown on your Web browser:

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Key Length (2): There are two types of WEP key length: 64-bit and 128-bit. Using '128-bit' is safer than '64-bit', but will reduce some data transfer performance.

Key Format (3): There are two types of key format: ASCII and Hex. When you select a key format, the number of characters of the key will be displayed. For example, if you select '64-bit' as the key length, and 'Hex' as the key format, you'll see the message at the right of 'Key Format' is 'Hex (10 characters), which means the length of WEP key is 10 characters.