User's Manual

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Figure 3-6: The Encryption Tab
Encryption (WEP security)
If you choose
Disabled
from the pull-down list, you will have the 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Mini PCI
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 Key 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
generate the WEP keys, please define the key entry method as
Alphanumeric
or
Hexadecimal
(for hexadecimal characters, only digits 0-9 and letters A-F are valid). Then edit the texts in the
blank fields below, from
Key 1
to
Key 4
, as the encryption codes. Note that these codes/keys
shall be identical between the wireless nodes within the range and the access point only. Check
the table below to find valid key length of each encryption type:
64 bit 12 8 bit
Alphanumeric
5 characters
13 characters
Hexadecimal
10 digits 26 digits
Use WEP Key
Indicate which WEP key you intend to apply to activate the WEP encryption from the pull-down
menu. Make sure that the intended access point on the wireless network shares the same keys.