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will reduce some data transfer performance.
Key Format (3): 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’ is ‘Hex (10 characters), which means the
length of WEP key is 10 characters.
Default Tx Key (4): 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 Input WEP key characters here, the number of
1 to 4 (5-8): 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 IEEE 802.1x is an authentication protocol. Every
Authentication (9): user must use a valid account to login to this
wireless router before accessing the wireless LAN.
The authentication is processed by a RADIUS server.
This mode only authenticates user by IEEE 802.1x,
but it does not encryption the data during
communication. If there is a RADIUS server in you
environment, please enable this function. Check this
box and another sub-menu will appear: