Specifications

Chapter 8 Security Setup
Setting Up WEP
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Cisco Aironet Access Point Software Configuration Guide
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Follow this link path to reach the AP Radio Data Encryption page:
1. On the Summary Status page, click Setup.
2. On the Setup page, click Security.
3. On the Security Setup page, click Radio Data Encryption (WEP).
Note Use this page to configure the radio unless you have enabled VLANs. If VLANs
are enabled, you must set the radio data encryption for each enabled VLAN
through the VLAN Setup page.
Follow these steps to set up WEP keys and enable WEP:
Step 1 Follow the link path to the AP Radio Data Encryption page.
Step 2 Before you can enable WEP, you must enter a WEP key in at least one of the
Encryption Key fields.
Note If you enable broadcast key rotation and EAP authentication to
provide client devices with dynamic WEP keys, you can enable WEP
without entering the keys.
For 40-bit encryption, enter 10 hexadecimal digits; for 128-bit encryption, enter
26 hexadecimal digits. Hexadecimal digits include the numbers 0 through 9 and
the letters A through F. Your 40-bit WEP keys can contain any combination of 10
of these characters; your 128-bit WEP keys can contain any combination of 26 of
these characters. The letters are not case-sensitive.
You can enter up to four WEP keys. The characters you type for a key’s contents
appear only when you type them. After you click Apply or OK, you cannot view
the key’s contents.
Note If you enable EAP authentication, you must select key 1 as the
transmit key. The access point uses the WEP key you enter in key slot
1 to encrypt multicast data signals it sends to EAP-enabled client
devices. If you enable broadcast key rotation, however, you can select
key 1 or key 2 as the transmit key or you can enable WEP without
entering any keys.