Chapter 6 Wireless LAN

6.6.1 Security: WEP

Use this screen to use WEP as the security mode for your NWA. Select WEP in the Security Mode field to display the following screen.

Figure 30 Security: WEP

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 17 Security: WEP

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Profile Name

This is the name that identifying this profile.

 

 

Security Mode

Choose WEP in this field.

 

 

Authentication

Select Open or Shared from the drop-down list box.

Type

 

 

 

Data Encryption

Select 64-bit WEP or 128-bit WEP to enable data encryption.

 

 

Passphrase

Enter the passphrase or string of text used for automatic WEP key generation on wireless

 

client adapters.

 

 

Generate

Click this to get the keys from the Passphrase you entered.

 

 

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