ZyXEL G-260 User’s Guide

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 6 Security Settings: WEP

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

 

 

Security Setting

 

 

 

WEP

Select 64 Bits, 128 Bits or 256 Bits to activate WEP encryption and then fill in the

 

related fields.

 

Select Disable to deactivate WEP encryption.

 

 

Encryption Type

Select an encryption type. Choices are Open and Shared. Refer to Section 2.3 on

 

page 28 for more information.

Pass Phrase

When you select the radio button, enter a passphrase of up to 63 case-sensitive

 

printable characters. As you enter the passphrase, the ZyXEL G-260 automatically

 

generates four different WEP keys and displays it in the key field below. Refer to

 

Section 2.2.1 on page 25 for more information.

 

At the time of writing, you cannot use passphrase to generate 256-bit WEP keys.

 

 

Transmit Key

Select a default WEP key to use for data encryption. The key displays in the field

 

below.

Key x (where x is a

Select this option if you want to manually enter the WEP keys. Enter the WEP key

number between 1

in the field provided.

and 4)

If you select 64 Bits in the WEP field.

 

 

Enter either 10 hexadecimal digits in the range of “A-F”, “a-f” and “0-9” (for

 

example, 11AA22BB33) for HEX key type.

 

or

 

Enter 5 ASCII characters (case sensitive) ranging from “a-z”, “A-Z” and “0-9”

 

(for example, MyKey) for ASCII key type.

 

If you select 128 Bits in the WEP field,

 

Enter either 26 hexadecimal digits in the range of “A-F”, “a-f” and “0-9” (for

 

example, 00112233445566778899AABBCC) for HEX key type

 

or

 

Enter 13 ASCII characters (case sensitive) ranging from “a-z”, “A-Z” and “0-9”

 

(for example, MyKey12345678) for ASCII key type.

 

If you select 256 Bits in the WEP field,

 

Enter either 58 hexadecimal digits in the range of "A-F", "a-f" and "0-9" (for

 

example,

 

0000111122223333444455556666777788889999AAAABBBBCCCC000011)

 

for HEX key type

 

or

 

Enter 29 ASCII characters (case sensitive) ranging from "a-z", "A-Z" and "0-9"

 

(for example, MyKey111122223333444455556678) for ASCII key type.

 

Note: The values for the WEP keys must be set up exactly the

 

same on all wireless devices in the same wireless LAN.

 

ASCII WEP keys are case sensitive.

 

 

Back

Click Back to go to the Encryption Type screen to change the encryption type

 

 

Next

Click Next to confirm your selections and advance to the Save screen. Refer to

 

Section 3.2.3 on page 41.

Exit

Click Exit to return to the Profile List screen

 

 

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