Wireless Cable Voice Gateway Model CVG824G Reference Manual

WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy)

To configure WEP data encryption:

1.From the Wireless Settings page, choose WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) 64-bit encryption or WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) 128-bit encryption.

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2.Choose the authentication “Open System or Shared Key,” or Shared Key.”

3.If you use encryption keys, enter them. These values must be identical on all computers in your network. There are two ways to enter the keys:

Passphrase: Enter a word or group of printable characters in the Passphrase box and click the Generate button. The four key boxes will be automatically populated with key values.

Manual: Enter ten hexadecimal digits (any combination of 0-9, a-f, or A-F) Select which of the four keys will be the default.

See the link to “Wireless Communications” in Appendix B, “Related Documents” for a full explanation of each of these options, as defined by the IEEE 802.11 wireless communication standard.

4.Click Apply to save your settings.

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