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44D-Link DCS-942L User Manual
Section 5 - Security
Wireless Security
This section will show you the dierent levels of security you can use to protect your data from intruders.
The DCS-942L oers the following types of security:
•WPA-PSK(Pre-SharedKey)
•WEP(WiredEquivalentPrivacy)
What is WEP?
WEP stands for Wired Equivalent Privacy. It is based on the IEEE 802.11 standard and uses the RC4 encryption algorithm. WEP provides security by
encrypting data over your wireless network so that it is protected as it is transmitted from one wireless device to another.
To gain access to a WEP network, you must know the key. The key is a string of characters that you create. When using WEP, you must determine
thelevelofencryption.Thetypeofencryptiondeterminesthekeylength.128-bitencryptionrequiresalongerkeythan64-bitencryption.Keys
aredenedbyenteringinastringinHEX(hexadecimal-usingcharacters0-9,A-F)orASCII(AmericanStandardCodeforInformationInterchange
–alphanumericcharacters)format.ASCIIformatisprovidedsoyoucanenterastringthatiseasiertoremember.TheASCIIstringisconvertedto
HEXforuseoverthenetwork.Fourkeyscanbedenedsothatyoucanchangekeyseasily.