7.6.2WEP Encryption
WEP encryption scrambles the data transmitted between the wireless stations and the access points to keep network communications private. It encrypts unicast and multicast communications in a network. Both the wireless stations and the access points must use the same WEP key.
In order to configure and enable WEP encryption, click Wireless > Security to display the Security screen. Select WEP from the Encryption list.
Figure 16 Wireless > Security: WEP
The following table describes the wireless LAN security labels in this screen.
Table 9 Wireless > Security: WEP
LABEL | DESCRIPTION | |
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| |
Encryption | Select Static WEP to enable data encryption. | |
|
| |
| Select Open System, Auto, or Shared Key. | |
| This field specifies whether the wireless clients have to provide the WEP key to login | |
Authentication | to the wireless client. Keep this setting at Auto unless you want to force a key | |
verification before communication between the wireless client and the ZyXEL Device | ||
Method | ||
occurs. | ||
| ||
| Select Shared Key to force the clients to provide the WEP key prior to | |
| communication. | |
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