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available rate according to the received signal quality and the capabilities of the associated
access point or station.
The Encryption Tab
Click the Encryption tab to define the encryption settings for a specific profile. It offers you various
options concerning the so-called WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) to maintain the secure
management in a wireless LAN environment. See the explanations below for more details, and
before making an activation of any new settings, click Apply. To leave the window, click OK. To
undo the new settings, select the Cancel button.
Note: Choosing the WEP Encryption command from the right-click menu of Wireless 11Mbps Configuration
Tool tray icon will launch this tab too.
Figure 4.3-4: The Encryption Tab
Note: The 802.11b Wireless LAN P3 PCMCIA Card has been built to support the WPA (Wi-Fi Protected
Access) encryption standard.
Encryption (WEP security)
If you choose Disabled from the pull-down list, you will have the wireless LAN PCMCIA card
communicated with all stations within the same networking community without any data
encryption. Otherwise, two key lengths are offered: 64 bit and 128 bit. Specify a preferred one
from the two, so that you may use the identical WEP key to make a communication with the
chosen access point.
Create Keys Manually
Once you set the Encryption type as 64 bit or 128 bit, you may choose to edit WEP keys
manually or create them via the passphrase of your wireless network. If you choose the Create
Key Manually option, you may directly enter up to 4 WEP keys for use in WEP encryption. To