User's Manual

Chapter 3 Wireless LAN Cards Monitor Utility

Encryption

Encryption technology is used to enhance wireless media security. Your encryption settings

must match the those used by the Access Points or wireless stations (Ad-hoc mode) in your

network, or your computer will be unable to communicate with others of your network.

To enable encryption, do the following:

1. Select the

Encryption tab from the Wireless LAN Cards Monitor Utility.

2. Select your encryption type from

64 Bit or 128 Bit.

3. In the

Key #1-4 fields, enter the encryption keys. Note that the key must be in the form

of Hex format; only digits 0-9 and letters A-F are valid. The four keys, including the one

selected as

Default Key, are used to decrypt the data you receive.

4. In the

Default Key box, select one of the four keys to encrypt the data you are going to

transmit.

5. Select encryption

Mode from Mandatory and Optional.

Mandatory: WEP encryption is required to establish connection with other wireless

stations. Both your computer and other stations need to use WEP encryption to establish

a communication. This requirement is in line with the IEEE 802.11b standard.

Optional: Your station can communicate with every other station regardless if WEP is

enabled or disabled in the other station.