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3 The THOMSON TG185n as Wireless Access Point
3.4.3 Configuring WEP Encryption
Warning
WEP has been proven to have some security issues. We strongly recommend you to use WPA-PSK instead.
Procedure
Continuing from “ Configuring the wireless encryption”:
1 Clear the Enable WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup) check box.
2 In the Select Security Policy list, select WEP.
3 In the WEP Key Length list, click the desired key length (a higher key length offers higher security).
4 Select:
 WEP64-ASCII if you want to use a key consisting of 5 alphanumeric characters.
 WEP64-Hex if you want to use a key consisting of 10 hexadecimal characters (characters from 0 to 9
and from A to F).
 WEP128-ASCII if you want to use a key consisting of 13 alphanumeric characters.
 WEP128-Hex if you want to use a key consisting of 26 hexadecimal characters (characters from 0 to 9
and from A to F).
 WEP152-ASCII if you want to use a key consisting of 16 alphanumeric characters.
 WEP152-Hex if you want to use a key consisting of 32 hexadecimal characters (characters from 0 to 9
and from A to F).
5 In the text box next to this selection, type the network key of your choice.
6 Click Apply.
7 The THOMSON TG185n prompts you that the configuration was successful.
8 Configure your wireless client(s) with the same settings.