User's Manual

Wireless Settings 39
■ WEP — Wireless Equivalent Privacy (WEP) is a 64 bit or 128 bit
encryption method with user configurable fixed keys.
WPA provides a higher level of security, provided by its longer key and
dynamic changes made to the key over time. 3Com recommends that you use
WPA with any clients which support it.
If you enable encryption on the Access Point, you must reconfigure your
wireless PCs to use exactly the same Encryption Type and Keys otherwise the
devices will not understand each other.
The encryption methods used by the Access Point secure data transmitted
through wireless communications between the Access Point and its wireless
clients. Enabling encryption has no security effect on data transmitted
through wired (Ethernet) connections or through your connections to the
Internet.
Configuring Encryption
Select from the drop down list WEP only, WPA only, WEP/WPA, or No
security.