Nlynx Wireless Gateway manual Advanced Settings - Wireless Encryption, Enable/Disable

Advanced Settings — Wireless Encryption

Wireless network communications are easily intercepted. WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) is an encryption method specified by the IEEE 802.11b standard to make any intercepted commun ications extremely difficult to interpret by unauthorized parties. The Wireless Gateway supports WEP with up to four “keys,” as specified in the standard. Each key can be of the 64-bit type or the 128-bit type.

When WEP encryption is enabled on the Wireless Gateway, wireless access will be granted only to stations that also use WEP encryption with the same key as the Wireless Gateway.

The recommended way to use WEP is as follows: (1) Decide on an input format and create four keys (key creation is explained below). (2) Select the key to be used (this must be done on the Wireless Gateway and all wireless stations communicating through it). (3) Enable WEP encryption.

The controls in the Wireless Encryption panel are explained below.

Enable/Disable

The Enable /Disable control turns WEP encryption on and off on the Wireless Gateway. Click the desired setting. Any change in the setting takes effect when the settings in the Wireless Encryption panel are saved. For other

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