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2-7-2. WEP Security
WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) is a common encryption mode; it is safe enough for home and personal use. But
if you need higher level of security, please consider using WPA encryption (see next Section).
However, some wireless clients don’t support WPA, but only support WEP, so WEP is still a good choice for you if
you have such kind of client in your network environment.
When you select ‘WEP as encryption type, the following messages will be displayed:
Here are descriptions of every setup item:
Key Length There are two types of WEP key length: 64-bit and 128-bit. Using ‘128-bit
is safer than ’64-bit’, but will reduce some data transfer performance.
Key Format There are two types of key format: ASCII and Hex. When you select a key
format, the number of characters of key will be displayed. For example, if
you select ’64-bit’ as key length, and ‘Hex as key format, you’ll see the
message at the right of ‘Key Format’ isHex (10 characters)’, which
means the length of WEP key is 10 characters.
Default Tx Key You can set up to four sets of WEP key, and you can decide which key is
being used by default here. If you don’t know which one you should use,
select ‘Key 1’.
Encryption Key 1 ~ 4 Input WEP key characters here, the number of characters must be the
same as the number displayed at ‘Key Format field. You can use any
alphanumerical characters (0-9, a-z, and A-Z) if you select ‘ASCII’ key
format, and if you select ‘Hex as key format, you can use characters 0-9,
a-f, and A-F. You must enter at least one encryption key here, and if you
entered multiple WEP keys, they should not be same with each other.
Enable 802.1x Authentication Check this box to enable 802.1x user authentication. Please refer to
Section 2-7-5 for detailed instructions.