User`s guide

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Glossary
WEP
Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) is a security feature that provides
confidentiality (by encrypting the data being sent over the radio
waves of your WLAN) and authentication (by using a shared key
between the wireless device and the Access Point or Wireless
Router).
WEP key
WEP Keys control encryption, and the Default Key encrypts
outgoing data. Wireless devices connecting to the Wireless Router
are only able to decrypt this data if they have the same default key
listed as one of their 4 WEP Keys.
WEP keys can be hexidecimal (HEX) or alphanumeric (ASCII).
The number of characters in your key depends on the encryption
key length:
wireless device
A wireless device (or wireless network device) is any wireless
device that connects to the network. See also network device.
Wireless Network ID
The Wireless Network ID (also referred to as the SSID) is like a
secret code that your Wireless Router and your wireless devices
share to prevent unauthorized users from accessing your WLAN.
Your wireless devices can only connect to your Wireless Router if
they have the same SSID as the Wireless Router. Wireless devices in
Ad-hoc mode must be set to the same SSID.
The Wireless Network ID is case-sensitive and must not exceed 32
characters.
WLAN
Stands for Wireless Local Area Network. WLANs are use radio
signals instead of wires to connect network stations.
Number of HEX characters Number of ASCII characters
64-bit key 10 5
128-bit key 26 13