Chapter 5 Wireless LAN

Figure 20 SSID & Security: WEP

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 16 SSID & Security: WEP

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Security Mode

Select WEP64 or WEP128 from the drop-down list.

 

 

WEP Keys

WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) provides data encryption to prevent unauthorized

 

wireless stations from accessing data transmitted over the wireless network.

 

 

Transmission

The WEP keys are used to encrypt data. Both the NXC-8160 and the wireless clients

Keys

must use the same WEP key for data transmission.

 

You can configure up to four keys, but only one key can be activated at any one time.

 

Select a WEP key to use for data encryption. The default key is key 1.

 

To set the WEP keys, select ASCII or HEX as the WEP key input method and enter

 

the WEP key in the field provided. Select ASCII option to enter ASCII characters as

 

the WEP keys. Select the HEX option to enter hexadecimal characters as the WEP

 

keys.

 

If you chose WEP64 in the Security Mode field, then enter 5 ASCII characters or 10

 

hexadecimal characters ("0-9", "A-F") for each key.

 

If you chose WEP128 in the Security Mode field, then enter 13 ASCII characters or

 

26 hexadecimal characters ("0-9", "A-F") for each key.

 

 

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