User's Manual

AcroLAN Access Point User’s Guide

Version 2000.12.10

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WEP stands for Wired Equivalent Privacy. WEP is an encryption scheme that provides

the secure wireless data communications to the users. WEP uses a 64bit-key or 128bit-

key to control the network access. In order to do secure communication over the

wireless LAN network, enable WEP function.

If you enable WEP function, select one of four WEP default key number. You can choose

any one number from 1 to 4. And then, there occur

Exclude Unencrypted

question.

This question asks you whether you allow a client that does not use WEP function. Next

question is

WEP Key Generation Mode

. There are two ways to generate the WEP key.

One is by entering any text in the Passphrase. The other way is by entering Key value

directly from the keyboard. In this case, you can insert any character string.