ZyXEL G-1000 v2 User’s Guide

Figure 10 Wireless LAN Basic Security

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 10 Wireless LAN Basic Security

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

 

 

Passphrase

You can generate or manually enter a WEP key by either:

 

Entering a Passphrase (up to 32 printable characters) and clicking Generate. The G-

 

1000 v2 automatically generates a WEP key.

 

Or

 

Entering a manual key in a Key field and selecting ASCII or Hex WEP key input

 

method.

WEP

Select 64-bit WEP or 128-bit WEP to allow data encryption.

Encryption

 

ASCII

Select this option in order to enter ASCII characters as the WEP keys.

HEX

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

 

The preceding “0x” is entered automatically.

Key 1 to Key 4

The WEP keys are used to encrypt data. Both the G-1000 v2 and the 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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