ZyXEL Communications NBG-417N manual Method Shared Key, Ascii/Hex

Chapter 7 Wireless LAN

The following table describes the labels in this screen. Refer to Table 35 on page 94 for descriptions of other fields in this screen.

Table 36 Network > Wireless LAN > WDS (Static WEP)

LABEL	DESCRIPTION
WEP Encryption	Select 64-bit WEP or 128-bit WEP to enable data encryption.
Authentication	There are two types of WEP authentication namely, Open System and
Method	Shared Key.
	Open system is implemented for ease-of-use and when security is not
	an issue. The wireless station and the AP or peer computer do not share
	a secret key. Thus the wireless stations can associate with any AP or
	peer computer and listen to any transmitted data that is not encrypted.
	Shared key mode involves a shared secret key to authenticate the
	wireless station to the AP or peer computer. This requires you to enable
	the wireless LAN security and use same settings on both the wireless
	station and the AP or peer computer.
	• Select Shared Key to have the NBG-417N authenticate only those
	wireless clients that use Shared Key mode and have the correct WEP
	key.
	• Select Auto to have the NBG-417N allow association with wireless
	clients that use Open System mode. Data transfer is encrypted as
	long as the wireless client has the correct WEP key for encryption.
	The NBG-417N authenticates wireless clients using Shared Key
	mode that have the correct WEP key.
ASCII/HEX	The WEP keys are used to encrypt data. Both the NBG-417N and the
Keys 1 to 4t	wireless stations must use the same WEP key for data transmission.
	If you chose 64-bit WEP, then enter any 5 ASCII characters or 10
	hexadecimal characters ("0-9", "A-F").
	If you chose 128-bit WEP, then enter 13 ASCII characters or 26
	hexadecimal characters ("0-9", "A-F").
	You must configure all four keys, but only one key can be activated at
	any one time. The default key is key 1.

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