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2-7-2 WEP
WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) is a common encryption mode, it’s 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:
Item Description
Authentication
Mode
There are two authentication modes: Open and
Shared. If ‘Open’ is selected, any device can
authenticate to the AP without checking the WEP