Security
The Security tab includes fields for enabling secure data encryption so that unauthorized wireless devices are prohibited from accessing data that is sent to or from your Pocket PC over the network. This type of encryption is known as WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy). WEP provides security by encrypting data over radio waves so that it is protected as it is transmitted from one point to another.
Encryption (WEP)
1. To use WEP encryption tap Enable.
WEP Key Length
The higher level of data encryption (128- bit) is more difficult to encrypt and decrypt, but high levels of encryption will reduce the performance of a wireless network.
Tap
The Pocket PC must use the same level of encryption as the access point
WEP Key Type
To read an encrypted file, you must have access to a secret key or password that enables you to decrypt it. The WEP Key Type setting allows you to create a key or password using a pass phrase, character, or hexadecimal value.
To create encryption keys automatically:
1.Tap the WEP Key Type menu to pull down the key type list.
2.Tap PassPhrase and tap a character string in the Key in… field. The four Key Settings are automatically generated.
3.Tap OK.
