Chapter 9 Wireless LAN

Figure 85 Wireless LAN > WDS > Static WEP

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 48 Wireless LAN > WDS > Static WEP

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Security Mode

Choose Static WEP from the drop-down list box.

 

 

WEP Key

The WEP key is used to encrypt data. All of the wireless APs (including the ZyXEL

 

Device) must use the same WEP key for data transmission.

 

Enter any 5, 13 or 29 characters (ASCII string) or 10, 26 or 58 hexadecimal

 

characters ("0-9", "A-F") for a 40/64-bit, 128-bit or 256-bit WEP key respectively.

 

 

9.10.2 WPA-PSK

The WPA-PSK Pre-Shared Key standard uses TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity Protocol) encryption. When you choose this, the Pre-Shared Key you enter must have the following format:

•Sixteen-character common key (common): all APs in the WDS share the same common key. All ASCII characters (including spaces and symbols) are allowed.

•Eight-character transmission key (tx): this must be the same as the next AP’s reception key. All ASCII characters (including spaces and symbols) are allowed.

•Eight-character reception key (rx): this must be the same as the next AP’s transmission key. All ASCII characters (including spaces and symbols) are allowed.

•The common, transmission key and reception key are connected by '+' the plus sign.

The following example shows how to set up a WDS link between wireless APs using WPA- PSK with TKIP.

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