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transmission. Enter the same password in all of the computers and access points in your home
or small business network. Only devices that use the same encryption key can access the
network or decrypt the encrypted data transmitted by other computers. The password
automatically initiates the Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP) for the data encryption
process.
Network Keys
WEP encryption provides two levels of security:
● 64-bit key (sometimes referred to as 40-bit)
● 128-bit key (also known as 104-bit)
For improved security, use a 128-bit key. If you use encryption, all wireless devices on your
wireless network must use the same encryption keys.
You can create the key yourself and specify the key length (64- or 128-bit) and key index (the
location that a specific key is stored). The greater the key length, the more secure the key.
Key Length: 64-bit
Pass phrase (64-bit): Enter five (5) alphanumeric characters, 0-9, a-z or A-Z.
Hex key (64-bit): Enter 10 hexadecimal characters, 0-9, A-F.
Key Length: 128-bit
Pass phrase (128-bit): Enter 13 alphanumeric characters, 0-9, a-z or A-Z.
Hex key (128-bit): Enter 26 hexadecimal characters, 0-9, A-F.
With 802.11, a wireless station can be configured with up to four keys (the key index values
are 1, 2, 3, and 4). When an access point or a wireless station transmits an encrypted
message that uses a key stored in a specific key index, the transmitted message indicates the
key index that was used to encrypt the message body. The receiving access point or wireless
station can then retrieve the key that is stored at the key index and use it to decode the
encrypted message body.
Personal Security: Configure Profiles for Device to Device
(Ad Hoc) Networks
Set up a Client with Open Authentication and No Data Encryption
(None)
In device to device mode, also called ad hoc mode, wireless computers send information
directly to other wireless computers. You can use ad hoc mode to network multiple computers
in a home or small office, or to set up a temporary wireless network for a meeting.
On the Intel(R)PROSet/Wireless main window, select one of the following methods to connect
to a device to device network: