ZyXEL G-302 v3 User’s Guide

3.2.2.1 WEP Encryption

Figure 15 Security Settings: WEP

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 6 Security Settings: WEP

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

 

 

WEP

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

 

fields.

Authentication

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

Type

on page 29 for more information.

Pass Phrase

Enter a passphrase of up to 63 case-sensitive printable characters. As you enter

 

the passphrase, the G-302 v3 automatically generates four different WEP keys

 

and displays it in the key field below. Refer to Section 2.2.1 on page 26 for more

 

information.

 

At the time of writing, you cannot use passphrase to generate 152-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.

 

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 Site Survey screen to select and connect to other network.

 

 

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