User`s manual

VoIP/(802.11g) ADSL2+ (VPN) Firewall Router
Chapter 4: Configuration
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WEP
Security Mode: To prevent unauthorized wireless stations from accessing data transmitted over the
network, the router offers basic data encryption, known as WEP.
WEP Authentication: Select Open or Shared as required. Note that client devices need the same setting.
WEP Encryption:. There are two alternatives to select from for the key length: WEP 64 and WEP 128.
WEP 128 will offer increased security over WEP 64.
Passphrase:
This is used to generate WEP keys automatically based upon the input string and a
pre-defined algorithm in WEP64 or WEP128.
Default Used WEP Key: Select the encryption key ID; please refer to Key (1~4) below.
Key (1-4): Enter the key to encrypt wireless data. To allow encrypted data transmission, the WEP
Encryption Key values on all wireless stations must be the same as the router. There are four keys for your
selection. The input format is in HEX style, 5 and 13 HEX codes are required for WEP64 and WEP128
respectively.
The Generate button will create hex keys from a specified Passphrase.