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EnRoute500 User’s Guide
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Figure 35. Access point authentication and encryption settings
9.8.1 WEP Encryption
The access points can be protected with a WEP-based encryption key to prevent unauthorized
users from intercepting or spoofing traffic. To enable WEP-based encryption, set the ‘key’
parameter in the ‘wlanN’ interface. The length of the encryption key is determined by the
format used to specify the ‘key’ value. Valid key formats and the corresponding encryption type
and key length are listed in Table 10.
If WPA is enabled for an interface (‘wpa.enable’ parameter in the ‘wlanN’ interfaces),
the WPA settings will be used for encryption and authentication and the ‘key’ value
used to enable WEP will be ignored.
Key format Encryption format Encryption key length
s:<5 ASCII characters>
<10 hex values>
WEP 40 bits
s:<13 ASCII characters>
<26 hex values>
WEP 104 bits
<blank> None N/A
Table 10. WEP encryption key formats
For example, 104-bit WEP encryption can be enabled using an ASCII key with
> use wlan1
wlan1> set key=”s:abcdefghijklm”