User's Manual

2-7-3-2 WEP - Wired Equivalent Privacy

When you select this mode, the wireless router will use WEP encryption,

and the following setup menu will be shown on your web browser:

Here are descriptions of every setup items:

Key Length (2): 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 (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