Operation Manual

Keys Selection

You can create up to 4 encryption keys, but only one of them is active. To enter a key, first you

must

check the “Enabled Key Index” check box, select the WEP key index you want (index 0 for

key 1…) then create the key. To select one of the key as active key, its index must be visible in the

index screen before you click “Apply” button to make the setting take effect.

Length of the WEP keys

WEP protocol offers two levels of encryption: encryption based on 40 or 64 bits key length and

more secure encryption based on 104 or 128 bits key length.

The

40 bits keys and the 64 bits keys are the same, if their effective length is 64 bits, only 40 bits

are selected by the user, the others bits are automatically calculated. Speak about 40 bits keys or

64 bits keys is the same thing. It is identical for the 104 and 128 bits keys.

The principle of management is identical for both 40 bits and 104 bits.

The key length has to be set at the same value on the Access Point and on the client station

(Wireless LAN adapter in our case).

Creation of the WEP keys

There are two methods to set the WEP keys, Manually or by

using a Apple Password :

This second method is there to be consistent with Apple's

Airport. They allow the user to type in a password (with no

length restriction), and this value is converted into a 40-bit WEP

key. It uses apple's hashing algorithm to create the key, so it's

compatible only with Airport base stations. To select this

method, Pull down the Encryption (WEP) menu and select

Apple Password, then enter the password. This mode is not

compatible with the PassPhrase mode.

Create Encryption Keys Manually

To do that, go to the Encryption menu of your

profile screen

♦ Check the Enable WEP check box

♦ Check the Enable Key index check box

♦ Pull down the Index menu and select either

key1 (Index 0), key2 (Index 1), key3 (Index

2) or key4 (Index 3)

♦ Select either 40bits or 104bits encryption

level in hexadecimal or in ASCII (

as the Point

Access key level)

♦ Enter manually the key in the key field taking

in account the remarks here after specifying

the authorized characters

♦

Click “Apply” button to make the setting

take effect.