User's Manual

ezWAVE Access Point Users’ Guide Version 1.6

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WEP stands for Wired Equivalent Privacy. WEP is an encryption scheme that provides

secure wireless data communications to the users. WEP uses a 64bit-key or 128bit-key

to control the network access. In order to do secure communication over the wireless

LAN network, enable WEP function.

If you enable WEP function, select one of four WEP default key number. You can choose

any number from 1 to 4 and then Exclude Unencrypted question is given. This question

asks you whether you will allow a client that does not use WEP function to access

communication with Access Point. Next question is WEP Key Generation Mode. There

are two ways to generate the WEP key. One is by entering any text in the Passphrase.

The other way is by entering Key value directly from the keyboard. In this case, you can